[tbb-bugs] #21704 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Warn users when installing Tor Browser based on ESR 52 on not SSE2 capable machines

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#21704: Warn users when installing Tor Browser based on ESR 52 on not SSE2 capable
machines
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 Reporter:  gk                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff52-esr                  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:  Sponsor4
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:2 cypherpunks]:
 > Well, it seems you've decided to follow Mozilla blindly in all its
 decisions, good or bad. But it's a cul-de-sac.
 > Is there any chance that you could change your mind?
 > If Mozilla is doing something wrong in a hurry, and you see it, why
 don't you tell them about it?
 > If they want to make supplementary things mandatory (e.g. SSE2), when
 other FOSS devs are doing the opposite, why don't you mind?
 > If they advertise the worst proprietary things in history (SSE2, needed
 to be "fixed" by SSE3, and Pentium 4, yes, even Intel confirmed that) in
 2017(!), why nobody asks what's going on?
 > So, having ESR52-based TBB cross-compiled and operational (w/o SSE2),
 why do you still drag those ### patches into Tor Browser, even when
 Mozilla requires them for Windows only?
 > Don't break the rules, please.

 Thanks for pointing this out. Actually, we only want to have this for
 Windows right now, as Linux at least won't break until ESR 59
 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1274196). I am updating the
 ticket accordingly.

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