[tor-bugs] #20962 [Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox]: Remove support for the alpha/hardened channels?

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#20962: Remove support for the alpha/hardened channels?
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 Reporter:  yawning                           |          Owner:  yawning
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Component:  Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox  |        Version:
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Comment (by yawning):

 Ah gotcha.  I'm still a bit worried that, the next alpha series will break
 things.

 The fundamental concern I have is that the sandbox has lots of special
 casing and hand tuned things that need continuous updating as the upstream
 code changes like the seccomp-bpf whitelist, and the libraries/data files
 that are included in the container.  While it is probably manageable to
 maintain long term for say... release, anytime something major changes
 (like a new alpha series), I expect breakage that will take development
 time to resolve.

 If we are to support using "good" sandboxing in the long run, how to
 handle such transitions needs to be factored into the development plan
 (along with the currently open question of "how to keep the sandbox code
 up to date").

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