[tor-bugs] #14058 [Tor Browser]: Reconstruction of obsolete Mozilla patch logic

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#14058: Reconstruction of obsolete Mozilla patch logic
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     Reporter:  michael      |      Owner:  michael
         Type:  task         |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201501
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:  #3246
       Points:               |
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Comment (by michael):

 Although there's no patch as promised against vanilla ESR, lets close this
 marked 'wontfix' for two reasons:

 1. The
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/3246/msvb3246-d006262_a2.patch
 last patch] attached to motherbug #3246 met the '''rebasing''' (against
 Tor Browser) requirement and mostly met the '''consolidation'''
 requirement as well. '''Analysis''' was conducted and documented in
 motherbug #3246 which
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3246#comment:22
 determined a state of failure.]

 2. Rebasing against Mozilla codebase (like ESR31) is possible but useless
 to test. Compilation fails due to missing dependency on the unbackported
 '''ThirdPartyUtil API.'''

 == What to test ==
 To validate the spirit of motherbug #3246, testing should be conducted
 using deliverables of #14059 (additional requirements which incorporate
 patch code associated with this ticket.) We want to test more than the
 rebasing of a
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/3246/msvb3246-d006262_a2.patch
 flawed patch.]

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