[tor-bugs] #20977 [Applications/GetTor]: gettor api's latest.json is stale

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#20977: gettor api's latest.json is stale
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks          |      Owner:  ilv
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium               |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/GetTor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal               |   Keywords:
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 Currently it's still stating that 6.0.7 is the latest build for Tor
 Browser, pointing to downloads for it. This should now be 6.0.8, if this
 is being manually triggered then perhaps it should be periodically polling
 the upstream data sources (on `dist` and `aus1`) to check for changes on
 some reasonable but frequent basis to ensure that it gets up to date
 information to pass on to users.

 If gettor is the canonicle automated way to check for new releases it's
 been failing people for a few days now.

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