[tor-bugs] #18802 [Tor Browser]: remove Shumway (JS-based Flash VM)

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#18802: remove Shumway (JS-based Flash VM)
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 Reporter:  mcs                                  |          Owner:  mcs
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser                          |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff45-esr, tbb-6.0a5,                 |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201604                           |         Points:
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Comment (by arthuredelstein):

 Replying to [comment:2 mcs]:
 > It looks like Shumway will be included in our nightly builds, which is
 not good (search for shumway inside browser/installer/package-
 manifest.in).
 >
 > Kathy and I think the best solution is to backport the three patches
 that are mentioned here:
 > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1250046#c8
 >
 > Arthur, is this something you can do?

 Thanks for finding these patches -- I have cherry-picked/backported all
 three to
 https://github.com/arthuredelstein/tor-browser/commits/15197+11
 Hash: 1c110015f724eb69b9d0597aab20c2e43de44479

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