[tbb-bugs] #13245 [Tor Browser]: language pack lost after update

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#13245: language pack lost after update
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     Reporter:  mcs          |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
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Comment (by mcs):

 The fix is to re-populate the contents of a file named update.locale
 (located within the top-level omni.ja file).  This needs to be done during
 the locale packaging that is done within gitian/descriptors/*/gitian-
 bundle.yml  I have a patch that I am testing now.

 The code in nsUpdateService.js reads the contents of this file and uses
 that when replacing %LOCALE% within the update URL.  We can fix this for
 4.0-alpha-3 but I am not sure what to do about 4.0-alpha-2 (non en-US
 bundles will be "upgraded" to en-US bundles).  One that happens, users
 will have to download a new non-English copy of TB.

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