[tor-bugs] #8646 [Tor bundles/installation]: Implement Courgette support for efficient TBB updates

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#8646: Implement Courgette support for efficient TBB updates
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 Reporter:  pde                       |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
 Keywords:                            |         Parent:       
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 Google has implemented an efficient binary updater:

 http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/software-updates-
 courgette

 TBB should use this.  The client side could be implemented in Micah's
 [https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher torbrowser-launcher];
 the server side would presumably be a tor sysadmin task.

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