[tor-bugs] #4050 [Tor bundles/installation]: HTTPS-Everywhere is on dev channel

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Tue Sep 20 00:50:10 UTC 2011


#4050: HTTPS-Everywhere is on dev channel
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 Reporter:  mikeperry                 |          Owner:  erinn                        
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new                          
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:  TorBrowserBundle 2.2.x-stable
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:                               
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:3 erinn]:
 > Back in the days of https-everywhere's grand debut into the TBBs, the
 dev channel had a lot more coverage and, although it was the dev channel,
 was pretty stable and generally seemed like a better idea, privacy-wise.
 Do you think this is not the case anymore? I should note that even back
 then I was putting the dev https-everywhere into the Windows stable
 bundles. What they're actually going to freak out about is the automatic
 update and consequent nag screen. But I don't know enough about https-
 everywhere development to know if it is about to go all Wild Wild West.
 I'm very reluctant to downgrade the stable bundles to a version without
 features that the users have become accustomed to.

 It's not really a downgrade. All the rules and the new UI are the same as
 it ever was for the 1.0.x series.

 The new 2.x series from the dev channel contains the SSL Observatory
 submission code, though. We shouldn't let that roll out to our stable
 users as it may contain stability and/or privacy issues lurking to be
 discovered. It is definitely alpha-quality code at this point.

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