[tor-bugs] #4234 [Tor Browser]: Investigate the Firefox update process

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#4234: Investigate the Firefox update process
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  mcs
  mikeperry              |     Status:  accepted
         Type:  task     |  Milestone:  TorBrowserBundle 2.3.x-stable
     Priority:  major    |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tbb-bounty, tbb-usability,
  Browser                |  pantheon, chronos, tbb-firefox-
   Resolution:           |  patch,TorBrowserTeam201408,MikePerry201408R
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by mcs):

 Replying to [comment:38 gk]:
 > I just looked at the Gitian bits. One question: Why did you switch to
 64bit in the bundle descriptor? I remember you mentioned something like
 that in the past but I forgot what's behind that.

 We made that change because a 64-bit VM is used for the TorBrowser step
 during which mar and related tools are built, and we need to use the mar
 binary during the Bundling+Localization step.

 > One nit: s/even thought/even though/ in the Windows bundle and Windows
 Firefox descriptor (three times all in all).

 Ugh.  Thanks for catching those.  A new branch is here:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/brade/tor-browser-
 bundle.git/shortlog/refs/heads/bug4234-03
 The new (replacement) commit is here:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/brade/tor-browser-
 bundle.git/commit/b52eedbcebcdd4cf39a300fff5b56a56d7cd1252

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