[tor-bugs] #5224 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: Allow rulesets to be different in Firefox and Chrome releases

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#5224: Allow rulesets to be different in Firefox and Chrome releases
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 Reporter:  pde                   |          Owner:  pde  
     Type:  task                  |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  major                 |      Milestone:       
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:       
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:  #5196
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:       
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Old description:

> Working around#5196 is going to require a temporary divergence in the
> GoogleAPIs ruleset in order to work around a Chrome bug.
>
> Right now I can think of two ways to do this.  One is to add a new
> attribute to <rule> elements which specifies that the only work on some
> platforms.  Another is to build the Chrome releases from a different git
> branch.
>
> The new rule element is probably slightly more elegant, and also slightly
> more work.

New description:

 Working around#5196 is going to require a temporary divergence in the
 GoogleAPIs ruleset in order to work around a Chrome bug.

 Right now I can think of two ways to do this.  One is to add a new
 attribute to <rule> elements which specifies that the only work on some
 platforms.  Another is to build the Chrome releases from a different git
 branch.

 The new rule element is probably slightly more elegant, and also slightly
 more work.

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Comment(by pde):

 If we go the XML road, we could add a <ruleset> attribute to  control
 which rulesets are on/off by default on various platforms; or a  <rule>
 attribute to say that certain rewrites only happen on some  platforms; or
 both.


  Doing something at the <ruleset> level might allow us to handle  other
 cases like the fact that some platforms trust the CACert root and  others
 do not ([https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3776 #3776]).

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