[tor-bugs] #12155 [Tor bundles/installation]: Support fully incremental TBB developer builds

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#12155: Support fully incremental TBB developer builds
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     Reporter:  mikeperry                 |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |    Version:
   Resolution:                            |   Keywords:  gitian
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Comment (by gk):

 As said on #tor-dev I wonder why we really need this and bother newcomers
 even with a "Gitan-light"-workflow. Rephrasing my reasoning:

 What I did to debug #9531 was
 1) Clone tor-browser repo.
 2) Apply/develop your patch.
 3) Build Tor Browser.
 4) Take an already existing bundle and extract the result of 2) into
 /Browser.
 5) Happy patch testing/debugging.
 6) If needed go back to 2).

 That worked pretty well for me and has the huge advantage for newcomers
 that there is no Gitian at all to be concerned with. Rather, the are able
 to concentrate on the Tor Browser feature/bug alone. As Gitian is only
 necessary for reproducibility and more than 99% of the patches developed
 won't mess with it I see no problem in taking this shortcut. We, who have
 the setup handy can then easily test the reproducibility bits if that is
 deemed necessary.

 The only thing that is needed then is updating our HACKING document.

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