[tor-bugs] #5421 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: Consider removing about:config variables on uninstall (was: HTTPS preferences everywhere all over the place which can't be edited in the GUI.)

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#5421: Consider removing about:config variables on uninstall
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    Reporter:  cypherpunks           |       Owner:  pde   
        Type:  enhancement           |      Status:  closed
    Priority:  trivial               |   Milestone:        
   Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |     Version:        
  Resolution:  not a bug             |    Keywords:        
      Parent:                        |      Points:        
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Changes (by pde):

  * priority:  normal => trivial
  * type:  defect => enhancement


Old description:

> This project is just one big fail, I'm sorry to say.
>
> Add-ons that needs constant updating just to add more sites, (which you
> can't even do yourself from the interface!), anybody with a brain can see
> that's a big fail.
>
> Let alone the fact that, after immediately uninstalling this rubbish
> "add-on", I winded up with 1453 extra preferences in about:config that
> weren't deleted!
>
> To solve this bug I would recommend to kill this project.
>
> Bye bye

New description:

 When users uninstall HTTPS Everywhere, perhaps we want to remove the
 about:config variables for the rulesets.

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