#29454: Updates of HTTPS-Everywhere we ship do not seem to update the rulesets -------------------------------------------------+------------------------- Reporter: gk | Owner: legind Type: defect | Status: | needs_information Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: HTTPS Everywhere/EFF-HTTPS | Version: Everywhere | Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: -------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
Comment (by gk): Replying to [comment:4 legind]: > > Okay, to be clear the "Rulesets version for EFF (full)" item behind the HTTPS Everywhere button is bound to the ruleset update done by the extension? That is, as long as no update check (successfully) happened that UI piece does not update even though all the rulesets are there due to the extensions update? > > Yes, this is correct. We do extension updates less often than ruleset updates, so the rulesets bundled with the extension may be a little out of date, but even if there is no "Rulesets version for EFF (full)" item displayed, there will be rulesets in effect. Okay, so the item is meant to display the last date when those rulesets got *fetched*? Or is it meant to show the version of the currently *active* rulesets? My intuition (and that of the user who reported that bug) is the latter, because that's what I as a user care about. It seems to me then that the item should not "lie" to the user regardless whether the check on start-up is succeeding or not (it might in fact even fail outside of Tor Browser/unrelated to it for various reasons). Extension update checks are not on the same schedule as ruleset update checks, so what happens if you update your extension (because there is a new version available) but you already had *newer* rulesets installed? Do those newer rulesets get overwritten by the ones shipped with the extension? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29454#comment:5> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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