[tbb-bugs] #9145 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser for Windows is borked with hardware acceleration enabled (because of gcc?) (was: TBB 3.0a1 crashes on startup on Win7)

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#9145: Tor Browser for Windows is borked with hardware acceleration enabled
(because of gcc?)
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 Reporter:  dope457                   |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-crash, fuck-mingw     |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by cypherpunks):

 * keywords:  tbb-crash, Windows, Hardware-acceleration, fuck-mingw => tbb-
     crash, fuck-mingw


Comment:

 Do we really need to enable direct access to hardware for the browser?
 Current prefs look pretty well:
 {{{
 Decision Log
 HW_COMPOSITING
 disabled by user: Disabled by pref
 D3D11_COMPOSITING
 unavailable by default: Hardware compositing is disabled
 D3D9_COMPOSITING
 unavailable by default: Hardware compositing is disabled
 DIRECT2D
 unavailable by default: Direct2D requires Direct3D 11 compositing
 D3D11_HW_ANGLE
 unavailable by default: D3D11 compositing is disabled
 disabled by env: D3D11 compositing is disabled
 }}}

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