[tor-bugs] #25013 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Move TorButton code to the tor browser repository
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#25013: Move TorButton code to the tor browser repository
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Reporter: igt0 | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: needs_information
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: TorBrowserTeam201802R | Actual Points:
Parent ID: #24855 | Points:
Reviewer: gk, sysrqb, mcs, | Sponsor:
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Comment (by arthuredelstein):
Replying to [comment:16 igt0]:
> The idea is deprecate the tor button repository(we should keep it just
for historical reasons) and move the whole tor button development to tor-
browser.
This was my original thinking as well, but sysrqb's investigations in
#25260 make me wonder if we wouldn't be better off finding a way to keep
separate repositories for torbutton and tor-launcher. Perhaps we can find
a way to either make them system addons ("feature" XPIs), or internal JS
modules that are copied into the tor-browser.git tree at build time.
The advantage of maintaining separate torbutton and tor-launcher
repositories is that we retain commit history (including the history we
will accumulate for future commits). The tor-browser.git repository
specifically is not so good for retaining history because we are
constantly rebasing the patches to new versions of Firefox.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25013#comment:17>
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