[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 micahlee):

 Replying to [comment:29 proper]:
 > > 14 languages
 >
 > Actually the differences in the language packages are minor. If I
 remember correctly it's only about adding a language addon.

 Yeah, but those differences are included in 14 different tarballs. To deal
 with this, we could bundle it with just one tarball and the 14 different
 language addons, and then after setting up someone's ~/.torbrowser/ folder
 copy in the correct language addon. But it definitely adds complication.

 Replying to [comment:30 proper]:
 > Getting this into Debian as a real package (non-downloader) is a lost
 cause anyway due to the anti code duplication and no-dotfiles policy. The
 TBB profile folder has no right for existence the Tor Browser would have
 to create it after starting - this would require getting many patches
 merged by Mozilla and they are neither interested nor review patches at a
 reliable speed.

 My solution 2 above
 (https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser/tree/solution2) doesn't require
 any dotfiles that it doesn't create on it's own. If you don't have a
 ~/.torbrowser, it creates it for you and then copies the TBB Data folder
 into it and slightly modifies it.

 But the code duplication is a problem, since TBB obviously shares code
 with iceweasel.

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