[tor-bugs] #6957 [TorBirdy]: Install dependencies?

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#6957: Install dependencies?
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 Reporter:  ioerror      |          Owner:  ioerror
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:         
Component:  TorBirdy     |        Version:         
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Comment(by ioerror):

 Replying to [comment:2 sukhbir]:
 > I just checked and it seems that this "dependency" will just tell the
 user that Enigmail is required; it makes no attempt to actually install
 it. So if we go with this, when the user installs TorBirdy, s/he will be
 forced to install Enigmail even if they don't want to and without
 installing it, they cannot proceed. So this is a bad idea because the
 dependency system is pretty much broken.
 >

 Ok - sounds like at best, we'll want to make a different XPI for all the
 crazy Tor components, if we ever want to do such a thing. Depending on
 that could be useful if we find that to be the best way to do it...

 > I think the next important step for us is to decide: what all do we ship
 with TorBirdy and how do we do it.

 I think eventually, we'll want to ship a copy of a very minimal Tor for
 Win32/Linux/MacOSX. In an ideal world, I think we'll just extract it and
 the libs from the builds we already release...

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