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On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:24:29PM +0000, Chuck Peters wrote:
> Ubuntu hasn't done a very good job of providing updates for Tor packages.
> 
> I'm attempting to do something about it by submitting a request for Tor packages "SRU (stable release update) micro version update exception" to the Ubuntu Technical Board.  If the exception is granted, Peter Palfrader's Tor packages from either Debian or TorProject.org could be used to fix any security issues. 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2015-July/002127.html

Thanks for working on this.

If you want to read an example of a past mess between Tor and Ubuntu, see
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2009-April/000979.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tor/+bug/328442

--Roger

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