[tor-bugs] #28039 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser log is not shown anymore in terminal since Tor Browser 8.5a2

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#28039: Tor Browser log is not shown anymore in terminal since Tor Browser 8.5a2
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-regression, GeorgKoppen201810,   |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201810                           |
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Changes (by gk):

 * cc: mcs, brade (added)


Comment:

 The problem is the fix for #27623. More specifically,
 `browser.dom.window.dump.enabled` is now the preference that is relevant
 here: while logging was still possible in Tor Browser 7.x with it set to
 `false` this is not the case anymore in Firefox based on ESR 60 it seems.
 And `MOZILLA_OFFICIAL` toggles it.

 I wonder whether we should follow Mozilla here and add an extra step to
 get logging going. But on the other hand if I start Tor Browser with
 `--log` I expect that it does what it promises and logs. Not doing so, or
 needing to do yet another thing to get that going sounds like a bug.

 So, should we enable `browser.dom.window.dump.enabled` for macOS and Linux
 then?

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