[tor-bugs] #32480 [Applications/GetTor]: Use Github/Gitlab releases to distribute gettor binaries

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#32480: Use Github/Gitlab releases to distribute gettor binaries
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 Reporter:  cohosh               |          Owner:  cohosh
     Type:  defect               |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/GetTor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  github, releases     |  Actual Points:  .5
Parent ID:                       |         Points:  1
 Reviewer:  phw                  |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cohosh):

 Replying to [comment:9 phw]:
 > It's a great idea to use releases and the script looks good to me! I
 left a few comments in the commits.
 Thanks!
 >
 > Are we monitoring the return code of the script? At some point,
 something will break and we should notice right away when the script
 failed to upload new Tor Browser releases.

 Right now this script is run manually, but this is something we should
 definitely do if/when it is automated in the future. I'm not quite sure
 how to handle this since I don't want an error to stop the update script
 and start over when it is run again. This wastes a lot of bandwidth and
 time. My current thought is that we can print out the missing releases in
 a log file and manually upload them later, but that's not a very elegant
 solution.

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