[tor-bugs] #1705 [Tor bundles/installation]: Create split packages for the linux & OSX browser bundles

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#1705: Create split packages for the linux & OSX browser bundles
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 Reporter:  kaner                     |          Owner:  erinn            
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:                   
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:                   
 Keywords:                            |         Parent:                   
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:                   
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Comment(by rransom):

 With TBB 2.2.32-2 for Linux:
 {{{
 -rw-r--r-- 1 rransom rransom 67399680 Sep  3 12:09 tor-browser-gnu-
 linux-i686-2.2.32-2-dev-en-US.tar
 -rw-r--r-- 1 rransom rransom 27798756 Sep  3 12:09 tor-browser-gnu-
 linux-i686-2.2.32-2-dev-en-US.tar.bz2
 -rw-r--r-- 1 rransom rransom 29388005 Aug 31 14:09 tor-browser-gnu-
 linux-i686-2.2.32-2-dev-en-US.tar.gz
 -rw-r--r-- 1 rransom rransom 22864768 Sep  3 12:09 tor-browser-gnu-
 linux-i686-2.2.32-2-dev-en-US.tar.xz
 -rw-r--r-- 1 rransom rransom 74526720 Sep  3 12:10 tor-browser-gnu-
 linux-x86_64-2.2.32-2-dev-en-US.tar
 -rw-r--r-- 1 rransom rransom 28967817 Sep  3 12:10 tor-browser-gnu-
 linux-x86_64-2.2.32-2-dev-en-US.tar.bz2
 -rw-r--r-- 1 rransom rransom 30479339 Aug 31 14:20 tor-browser-gnu-
 linux-x86_64-2.2.32-2-dev-en-US.tar.gz
 -rw-r--r-- 1 rransom rransom 23392496 Sep  3 12:10 tor-browser-gnu-
 linux-x86_64-2.2.32-2-dev-en-US.tar.xz
 }}}

 I also tested `lzop -9`, and it was less effective than whatever `gzip`
 settings were used to create the original .tar.gz file.

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