id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
2821	"make ""tahoe create-client --hide-ip"" fail if txtorcon/txi2p are not installed"	warner	warner	"This would speed up the interactive discovery process when a node admin tries to set up a tor/i2p -based node. Instead of:

* `pip install tahoe-lafs`
* `tahoe create-client --hide-ip`
* edit tahoe.cfg
* `tahoe start`
* error: txtorcon not installed
* `pip install tahoe-lafs[tor]`
* `tahoe start`
* no error, but welcome page shows connection not established
* oops, `apt-get install tor`
* `tahoe restart`
* ok

we could make it:

* `pip install tahoe-lafs`
* `tahoe create-client --hide-ip`
* error: txtorcon not installed
* `pip install tahoe-lafs[tor]`
* `tahoe create-client --hide-ip`
* edit tahoe.cfg
* `tahoe start`
* no error, but welcome page shows connection not established
* oops, `apt-get install tor`
* `tahoe restart`
* ok

And then maybe we can detect that there's no tor daemon available too (perhaps create-client could try to establish a connection to a tor server we run on tahoe-lafs.org, or torproject.org, or something), and cut down a few more steps.

I think #2820 and having `create-client` disable the tub listeners would remove the need for the `edit tahoe.cfg` step."	enhancement	closed	normal	1.12.0	code-nodeadmin	1.11.0	fixed	anonymity tor