[tor-bugs] #5236 [Tor bundles/installation]: Make a deb of the Torbrowser and add to repository

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#5236: Make a deb of the Torbrowser and add to repository
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |          Owner:                   
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:                   
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:                   
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 For the record, I have never had any issues with 4 (the profile directory
 issue). Simply extracting a new TBB tarball over the old directory updates
 everything and preserves the Data directory. It does reset any prefs you
 change, but we're working on that independently (#3944).

 You don't want to go the other way (copying old Data directory over new
 TBB extraction) as you'll destroy addon updates and pref changes from the
 new TBB version.

 But the /usr/lib/torbrowser option seems better. Normally, we'd frown upon
 that because it leaves traces of TBB outside a single contained directory
 on the filesystem, but you're already committing to that with a .deb
 anyway. You will have to update the user's Data/ directory in each homedir
 somehow during update, though. Again: overwriting old with new is fine.
 Overwriting new with old is bad.

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