[tbb-bugs] #16837 [Tor Browser]: Disable Firefox Hotfix updates

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#16837: Disable Firefox Hotfix updates
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  tbb-team
  mikeperry              |     Status:  closed
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tbb-5.0-regression, tbb-pref,
  Browser                |  TorBrowserTeam201509
   Resolution:  fixed    |  Parent ID:
Actual Points:           |
       Points:           |
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Changes (by mikeperry):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 Ok, I disabled the hotfix updates. We'll need to keep an eye out for
 hotfixes now, as we'll need to ship a full update in that case.

 We could potentially specify extensions.hotfix.url and point it at our
 servers and then distribute hotfixes that we're sure are OK, but that will
 require pinning, etc.. I filed #17091 for that.

 As for the previous hotfixes, they did likely go out to TBB users without
 issue. However, that doesn't make me feel certain that some pref conflict
 or other assumption might not break TBB for every current TBB user. That
 risk is too high to leave this enabled right now.

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