Bug #16448

Tor Launcher: deal with Firefox 68esr removing support for XUL/XPCOM extensions

Added by intrigeri 2019-02-08 15:46:51 . Updated 2019-09-12 14:27:47 .

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Elevated
Assignee:
Category:
Tor configuration
Target version:
Tails_4.0
Start date:
2019-02-08
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Code
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
Tor Launcher
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Description

Following up on Bug #15709, once Tor Browser is ported to Firefox 68esr, we probably won’t be able to run Tor Launcher as a XUL app, since XUL/XPCOM extensions won’t be supported by Firefox anymore.

So we’ll probably need to replace Tor Launcher with something else entirely.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #15709: Deal with Tor Launcher being integrated into Tor Browser 9.0 and Firefox 68esr possibly removing support for XUL/XPCOM extensions Resolved 2018-07-03
Related to Tails - Feature #15144: Consider migrating from Tor Launcher to anon-connection-wizard Confirmed 2018-01-03

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-08 15:47:13

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-08 15:47:56

Next step: once Firefox 68 is out, try running Tor Launcher as a XUL app with it, to confirm we indeed have a problem to solve.

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-08 15:48:05

  • related to Bug #15709: Deal with Tor Launcher being integrated into Tor Browser 9.0 and Firefox 68esr possibly removing support for XUL/XPCOM extensions added

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-08 15:48:15

  • related to Feature #15144: Consider migrating from Tor Launcher to anon-connection-wizard added

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-11 10:34:13

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-11 10:34:31

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Rejected

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2019-09-12 14:27:47

  • Target version changed from Tails_3.17 to Tails_4.0