[tor-bugs] #11242 [Tor Launcher]: Continued false positives in Tor Browser up-to-date check (was: Fragile version checks lead to unexpected out of date advisement erroneously)

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#11242: Continued false positives in Tor Browser up-to-date check
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     Reporter:  anon          |      Owner:  brade
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major         |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Launcher  |    Version:
   Resolution:                |   Keywords:
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Comment (by arma):

 He is referring to whatever process decides to make the exclamation mark
 flash over the green onion.

 We're getting reports of people who upgrade getting told they need to
 upgrade. E.g.
 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-353-released#comment-54860

 Can you describe the mechanism for what Torbutton does when it decides
 it's out of date? That way we'll be in a better position to make
 recommendations on how to do it more robustly.

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