[tor-bugs] #3944 [Tor bundles/installation]: TBB prefs are set as user_prefs (may cause exceptions/settings errors?)

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#3944: TBB prefs are set as user_prefs (may cause exceptions/settings errors?)
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 Reporter:  mikeperry                  |          Owner:  erinn                        
     Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                          
 Priority:  major                      |      Milestone:  TorBrowserBundle 2.3.x-stable
Component:  Tor bundles/installation   |        Version:                               
 Keywords:  tbb-bounty, tbb-usability  |         Parent:                               
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 For prefs.js, we want to omit it entirely from the bundle archive so that
 alternate update mechanisms (such as Thandy, #5236, or even simply
 untarring a new tarball over an old TBB dir) don't have to deal with it.

 Can you do this and move the torbutton prefs for now, and then I'll clean
 up and remove redundant ones when I merge?

 Also, out of curiosity, do prefs set in extensions-overrides.js show up as
 UserValue, or as defaults?

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