[tbb-bugs] #20735 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Add snowflake pt to alpha linux builds

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#20735: Add snowflake pt to alpha linux builds
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 Reporter:  arlolra                   |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                            |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  needs_review => needs_revision
 * keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201611R =>


Comment:

 Here is some feedback for the attached patch:

 1) I'd like to have an enhanced commit message. At least the bug number
 should be a part.
 2) I heard there were snags (comment:19:ticket:19001) like the need for
 `apt-get install curl pkg-config libgtk2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev`. I hit that
 one, too. This should be handled in our `check-prerequisites.sh` script.
 3) Snowflake is not working:
 {{{
 2016/11/25 08:28:57 BrokerChannel Error: No snowflake proxies currently
 available.
 2016/11/25 08:28:57 Failed to retrieve answer. Retrying in 10 seconds
 2016/11/25 08:29:07 Negotiating via BrokerChannel...
 Target URL:  snowflake-reg.appspot.com
 Front URL:   www.google.com
 2016/11/25 08:29:07 BrokerChannel Response:
 503 Service Unavailable
 }}}
 4) Is there really no way to avoid cluttering the disk with all that stuff
 to just build the webrtc part? Think about us builders who usually have a
 dev, hardened, alpha and stable tor-browser-bundle tree to get releases
 faster out.

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