[tor-bugs] #11641 [Tor bundles/installation]: change TBB directory structure to be more like Firefox's

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#11641: change TBB directory structure to be more like Firefox's
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 Reporter:  mcs                       |          Owner:  mcs
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:
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 Reorganizing the internal directory structure of TBB to mirror Firefox's
 layout as closely as possible will simplify the Firefox updater patches
 (#4234) and reduce risk for the updater.  The new structure will be like
 Firefox's with the Tor-related subdirectories (Data, Doc, Tor) added under
 a new subdirectory named TorBrowser.

 On Windows and Linux, the installable TBB packages will include a
 "container" directory named Browser at the top level so we do not expose
 so many files to end users.

 On Linux, we will move the launcher script (start-tor-browser) under the
 Browser directory and at the top level we will include a symbolic link to
 it.

 On Windows, we will eliminate the Start Tor Browser.exe program and
 instead modify the NSIS-based installer so it creates a similarly named
 shortcut at the top level.

 On Mac OS, the .app bundle mechanism takes care of hiding the underlying
 structure.

 New Linux structure:
 {{{
 Tor Browser/
   start-tor-browser    // symlink to Browser/start-tor-browser
   Browser/
     firefox
     start-tor-browser  // launcher script
     TorBrowser/
       Data/
       Docs/
       Tor/
 }}}

 New Windows structure:
 {{{
 Tor Browser/
   Start Tor Browser.lnk  // shortcut to Browser\firefox.exe
   Browser/
     firefox.exe
     TorBrowser/
       Data/
       Docs/
       Tor/
 }}}

 New Mac OS structure:
 {{{
 TorBrowser.app/
   Contents/
     MacOS/
       firefox
   TorBrowser/
     Data/
     Docs/
     Tor/
 }}}

 Firefox changes needed: update the #9173 patch to account for the new
 location of the profile directory and create a new patch that forces -no-
 remote.

 Tor Launcher changes needed: prepend the directory that contains tor.exe
 to the PATH environment variable (currently done by Start Tor Launcher.exe
 aka RelativeLink.c) and adjust getTorFile() to account for the new
 structure.

 The gitian descriptors within builders/tor-browser-bundle.git will need to
 be modified to construct the packages using the new structure.

 torbrowser.nsi will need to be modified to create a shortcut.

 The Linux launcher script (RelativeLink.sh/start-tor-browser) will need
 minor changes to account for the new directory structure.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/11641>
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