Hi, gunes acar: > Georg, > > I wonder if it's necessary to distribute Hello/Loop extension [1] with > TBB. The .xpi file amounts to 1.6 MB and WebRTC is already disabled - as > is the Firefox Hello. > > I deleted the .xpi file, removed the references to the extension in > "extensions.bootstrappedAddons" and "extensions.xpiState" prefs - > nothing seemed to break. > > [1]: Browser/browser/features/[email protected]
Yes, that is a good point and one of the things I did not finish investigating for the 6.0a5 timeframe. I've opened #18884 for this. Thanks, Georg > > On 04/24/2016 10:45 PM, Georg Koppen wrote: >> Hello, >> >> we are pleased to accounce that Tor Browser 6.0a5 is ready for testing >> and bundles can be found on: >> >> https://people.torproject.org/~gk/builds/6.0a5-build3/ >> >> This will probably be our last alpha release before the stable 6.0 and >> it contains a bunch of noteworthy changes. >> >> First, we switched the browser to Firefox ESR 45 and rebased our old >> patches/wrote new ones were necessary. >> >> Second, we ship a new Tor alpha version, 0.2.8.2, which makes meek >> usable again and contains a number of other improvements/stability fixes. >> >> Third, this alpha release will introduce code signing for OS X in order >> to cope with Gatekeeper. There were bundle layout changes necessary to >> adhere to code signing requirements. Please test that everything is >> still working as expected if you happen to have an OS X machine. >> >> The fourth highlight is the fix for an installer related DLL hijacking >> vulnerability. This vulnerability made it necessary to deploy a newer >> NSIS version to create our .exe files. Please test that the installer is >> still working as expected if you happen to have a Windows machine. >> >> Here is the full changelog since 6.0a4: >> >> Tor Browser 6.0a5 -- April 27 2016 >> * All Platforms >> * Update Firefox to 45.1.0esr >> * Update Tor to 0.2.8.2-alpha >> * Update Torbutton to 1.9.5.3 >> * Bug 18466: Make Torbutton compatible with Firefox ESR 45 >> * Translation updates >> * Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.9.1 >> * Bug 13252: Do not store data in the application bundle >> * Bug 10534: Don't advertise the help desk directly anymore >> * Translation updates >> * Update HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.1.6 >> * Update NoScript to 2.9.0.11 >> * Update meek to 0.22 (tag 0.22-18371-2) >> * Bug 18371: Symlinks are incompatible with Gatekeeper signing >> * Bug 15197 and child tickets: Rebase Tor Browser patches to ESR 45 >> * Bug 18042: Disable SHA1 certificate support >> * Bug 18821: Disable libmdns support for desktop and mobile >> * Bug 18848: Disable additional welcome URL shown on first start >> * Bug 14970: Exempt our extensions from signing requirement >> * Bug 16328: Disable MediaDevices.enumerateDevices >> * Bug 16673: Disable HTTP Alternative-Services >> * Bug 17167: Disable Mozilla's tracking protection >> * Bug 18603: Disable performance-based WebGL fingerprinting option >> * Bug 18738: Disable Selfsupport and Unified Telemetry >> * Bug 18799: Disable Network Tickler >> * Bug 18800: Remove DNS lookup in lockfile code >> * Bug 18801: Disable dom.push preferences >> * Bug 18802: Remove the JS-based Flash VM (Shumway) >> * Bug 18863: Disable MozTCPSocket explicitly >> * Bug 15640: Place Canvas MediaStream behind site permission >> * Bug 16326: Verify cache isolation for Request and Fetch APIs >> * Bug 18741: Fix OCSP and favicon isolation for ESR 45 >> * Bug 16998: Disable <link rel="preconnect"> for now >> * Bug 18726: Add new default obfs4 bridge (GreenBelt) >> * Windows >> * Bug 13419: Support ICU in Windows builds >> * Bug 16874: Fix broken https://sports.yahoo.com/dailyfantasy page >> * Bug 18767: Context menu is broken on Windows in ESR 45 based Tor >> Browser >> * OS X >> * Bug 6540: Support OS X Gatekeeper >> * Bug 13252: Tor Browser should not store data in the application bundle >> * Build System >> * All Platforms >> * Bug 18127: Add LXC support for building with Debian guest VMs >> * Bug 16224: Don't use BUILD_HOSTNAME anymore in Firefox builds >> * Windows >> * Bug 17895: Use NSIS 2.51 for installer to avoid DLL hijacking >> * Bug 18290: Bump mingw-w64 commit we use >> * OS X >> * Bug 18331: Update toolchain for Firefox 45 ESR >> * Bug 18690: Switch to Debian Wheezy guest VMs >> * Linux >> * Bug 18699: Stripping fails due to obsolete Browser/components >> directory >> * Bug 18698: Include libgconf2-dev for our Linux builds >> >> Georg >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-qa mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-qa >> > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-qa mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-qa >
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