[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
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Comment (by mikeperry):

 Well, I'm debating if we should add pref("app.update.enabled", false) back
 in, and tell people they can opt-in to the updater by switching that pref.
 I think we do want to try to upgrade 4.0a2 users to the next version of
 4.0, but if that is 31ESR, how likely is it that it will completely fail?

 Should we have this opt-in, or just warn people that this alpha may try to
 update itself and break?

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