[tor-bugs] #3994 [Tor bundles/installation]: Get TorBrowser in Debian

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#3994: Get TorBrowser in Debian
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 Reporter:  lunar                     |          Owner:          
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Comment(by proper):

 Replying to [comment:14 tux]:
 > Hmm, maybe because of that it might make sense to try to get the patches
 of the TorBrowser upstream (I count 26 patches in src/current-patches/)?

 Great idea! Adding them upstream is the way to go. Not sure if that is
 realistic...

 Source: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-
 talk/2012-June/024572.html
 Relevant quote:
 {{{
 - Camilo Viecco, who now works for Mozilla on adding privacy features to
 Firefox. He has been frustrated so far at getting his commits in: he has
 buy-in from the security team, but other teams block his commits with
 statements like "it's an arms race we can't win, so don't even bother
 trying to make things better". I encouraged him to get his mid-level
 manager to play the politics game better on his behalf.
 }}}

 Iirc, there was also a socks bug, where patch existed and mozilla still
 needed no less than 5 years until they finally merged it.

 Please ask Mike on how difficult/realistic it is, to get the patches
 merged upstream. Since he hasn't replied to this thread, I'll mail him
 about it right away. Feel free to contact him as well by mail or ask about
 the patches thing on irc.

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