[tor-bugs] #5737 [Tor bundles/installation]: Discuss move to Firefox ESR

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#5737: Discuss move to Firefox ESR
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 Reporter:  Shondoit                  |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
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Comment(by erinn):

 I don't mind this idea in theory, especially for stable releases. The
 release process is a lot less time intensive than it used to be and I
 would expect most of the difficult overhead to be on your end, Mike
 (keeping up with all of the releases, updating patches, etc.) I think it's
 a fine idea to try it out, although I share Sebastian's concerns about
 backporting fixes etc. But like I said, I'm happy to try it out and
 readjust as needed.

 The only changes I will need to make on my side are getting a lot more
 disk space for the build machines. They are currently nearly at capacity
 (except for the OS X one) and don't have enough space to build another
 Firefox. That should be pretty fixable though. There's a ticket for the
 Windows VM already and I will make one for the Linux VM now. (I should
 note that this is also important for buildbot purposes, because it is not
 currently possible to use those VMs for anything but official builds
 because of space isses.)

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