[tor-bugs] #21977 [Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox]: Fetch install/update metadata files from a different location/

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#21977: Fetch install/update metadata files from a different location/
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     Reporter:  yawning                           |      Owner:  yawning
         Type:  defect                            |     Status:  new
     Priority:  High                              |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                            |   Keywords:
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 The Tor Browser people decided to randomly change the URL that contains
 the update XML files, so metadata will live under `update_3` at some point
 in the future.  The sandbox code pulls all channels pull updates from
 `update_2` at the moment (along with the relevant `downloads.json` files).

 There's some talk of redirects so as long as `update_2` keeps working till
 something like 7.5, this can probably be pushed off till 7.0 ships.

 See: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19316#comment:20

 (It would be nice if, they told me they were doing this, though I guess
 stumbling on it randomly in trac works too.)

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