[tor-bugs] #12622 [Tor bundles/installation]: Automate update package distribution for TBB updater

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#12622: Automate update package distribution for TBB updater
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     Reporter:  gk                        |      Owner:  boklm
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |    Version:
   Resolution:                            |   Keywords:
Actual Points:                            |  TorBrowserTeam201407
       Points:                            |  Parent ID:  #4234
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Comment (by boklm):

 After looking at this, my idea is to use a yaml config file to store infos
 about all our supported releases, and write a script that we run as part
 of the release process that will generate a set of static XML files
 containing all the possible update responses, and an .htaccess file
 containing apache mod_rewrite rules to redirect the requests to the
 corresponding XML file.

 I think we will have to generate as many XML files as .mar files we have,
 so a question related to this is how we will generate the set of .mar
 files for the incremental and non-incremental updates. Do we already have
 something for this ?

 It seems the tool to generate the mar files will need to know which
 versions to support for partial and complete updates, and the responder
 script will need the same information, so maybe both should share the same
 config file ?

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