[tor-bugs] #15910 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Figure out what to do with OpenH264 (downloads) in Tor Browser

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#15910: Figure out what to do with OpenH264 (downloads) in Tor Browser
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  gk
     Type:  task                                 |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff52-esr, tbb-7.0-must-alpha,        |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201704R                          |
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Changes (by gk):

 * cc: mcs, brade (added)
 * status:  reopened => needs_review
 * keywords:  ff52-esr, tbb-7.0-must-alpha, TorBrowserTeam201704 =>
     ff52-esr, tbb-7.0-must-alpha, TorBrowserTeam201704R


Comment:

 Okay, the issue is that there is no a local fallback to contact the GMP
 download/update service. This is implemented with https://hg.mozilla.org
 /mozilla-central/rev/7c1929f35c5d. Thus, the browser thinks the download
 server is down (as we block this download) and is falling back to the new
 method. See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1267495 for a
 more detailed discussion. I pushed this to `tor-browser-52.1.0esr-7.0-2`
 to get the final build started (https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-
 browser.git/commit/?h=tor-
 browser-52.1.0esr-7.0-2&id=72667935298e11ca5a0e2e5202a5d9e33981eedf).

 mcs/brade: Could have a quick look at the patch (even if it is post
 factum)?

 And this is no issue on Windows as we are not compiling with MSVC.

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