[tor-bugs] #10216 [TorBrowserButton]: Add a Torbutton pref to disable the Tor check

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#10216: Add a Torbutton pref to disable the Tor check
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 Reporter:  T(A)ILS developers  |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement         |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |      Milestone:
Component:  TorBrowserButton    |        Version:
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 The `test_enabled_pref` branch on git://git.tails.boum.org/torbutton adds
 a `test_enabled` pref, that allows one to entirely disable the Tor check
 feature. Please consider merging into Torbutton.

 Since the new check.torproject.org was put online, the remote check fails
 for us (the browser console reports `Torbutton WARN: Test failed! No
 TorCheckResult element`), and I don't find it important enough to bother
 fixing the backend (or the set of ugly kludges we were using to workaround
 bugs and have the Tor check work while disabling the version check): even
 if the proxy settings were wrong, we still have the firewall to prevent
 going out in the clear, and we would have to customize about:tor to make
 it useful for Tails users without bothering Tor support folks.

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