[tor-bugs] #28685 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser for Android needs a more dynamic Build ID

[Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki]

#28685: Tor Browser for Android needs a more dynamic Build ID
-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
 Reporter:  sysrqb                               |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-mobile, tbb-rbm,                 |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201812, TBA-a3                   |
Parent ID:  #28708                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor8
-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------

Comment (by boklm):

 #19528 is the ticket where we added the `get-moz-build-date` script
 generating a build id based on the firefox version.

 To solve the issue of two Tor Browser versions based on the same Firefox
 having the same build id, I think we could:
 - use the Tor Browser version instead of the firefox version to generate a
 build id. I think the reason we did not do that was that it would make it
 harder to do #18325.
 - Use the `tor-browser.git` commit date as the build id. This should fix
 the issue when a new release includes a new `tor-browser.git` commit,
 however it is still possible to have two releases with the same build id
 if they use the same `tor-browser.git` commit.
 - Use the `tor-browser.git` commit date, and add to it the Tor Browser
 version.

--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/28685#comment:5>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online