[tor-bugs] #12387 [Tor bundles/installation]: (Some) Pluggable Transport binaries are not stripped

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#12387: (Some) Pluggable Transport binaries are not stripped
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     Reporter:  gk                   |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal               |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor                  |    Version:
  bundles/installation               |   Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201407,
   Resolution:                       |  tbb-testcase
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:6 yawning]:
 > Per the Debian bug:
 > > We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
 golang, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

 "We believe the bug is fixed" means that Debian stopped stripping golang
 executables, not that it became safe to strip them. (Check the "Wed, 17
 Jul 2013 19:15:18 +0200" entry in the [http://metadata.ftp-
 master.debian.org/changelogs//main/g/golang/golang_1.3-3_changelog Debian
 changelog].)

 I keep running into comments by Dave Cheney saying "don't run strip on
 your executables." According to the comment:7, `-ldflags '-s'` works just
 as well anyway.
  * https://donatstudios.com/Golang-Binary-Sizes#Comment23795\\
    "Finally, please don't strip your binaries; it isn't supported, isn't
 tested and is known to produce broken executables."
  * https://plus.google.com/+JeromeClarke/posts/dbdYcVnXSm4\\
    "Don't strip your +The Go Programming Language programs. Stripping
 isn't tested as part of the CI build and is often broken."
 I'm going to work on a patch to use the `-s` option and see how it affects
 bundle sizes.

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