[tor-bugs] #15197 [Tor Browser]: Rebase Tor Browser patches to ESR 45

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#15197: Rebase Tor Browser patches to ESR 45
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 Reporter:  gk           |          Owner:  arthuredelstein
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium       |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal       |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff45-esr     |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:               |         Points:
  Sponsor:  SponsorU     |
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Changes (by arthuredelstein):

 * severity:   => Normal


Old description:

> Once Firefox 45 ESR reaches beta state we should start rebasing our
> existing patches. This ticket is tracking that progress + the upcoming
> issues.
>
> For reference:
> * Firefox 45 Alpha: 2015-12-14
> * Firefox 45 Beta: 2016-01-26
> * Firefox 45 Release (and ESR): 2016-03-08
> * Firefox 38 ESR end-of-life: 2016-05-31
>
> See also Mozilla's
> [https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mozilla.com_2d37383433353432352d3939%40resource.calendar.google.com
> Merge/Release schedule],
> [https://mozorg.cdn.mozilla.net/media/img/firefox/organizations/release-
> overview-high-res.9808ec366a94.png Release overview], and
> [https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar Rapid Release Calendar].

New description:

 Once Firefox 45 ESR reaches beta state we should start rebasing our
 existing patches. This ticket is tracking that progress + the upcoming
 issues.

 For reference:
 * Firefox 45 Alpha: 2015-12-14
 * Firefox 45 Beta: 2016-01-26
 * Firefox 45 Release (and ESR): 2016-03-08
 * Firefox 38 ESR end-of-life: 2016-05-31

 See also Mozilla's
 [https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mozilla.com_2d37383433353432352d3939%40resource.calendar.google.com
 Merge/Release schedule],
 [https://mozorg.cdn.mozilla.net/media/img/firefox/organizations/release-
 overview-high-res.9808ec366a94.png Release overview], and
 [https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar Rapid Release Calendar].

 Here are TBB5.5a patches upstreamed to Firefox. These will be present in
 ESR45 and so we won't need to be rebase them from TBB 5.5a to TBB 6.0a:
 * Bug #12430: Disable external jar: via preference
 (https://bugzil.la/1173171)
 * TB2: Provide an observer event to close persistent connections
 (https://bugzil.la/962358)
 * Bug #3455.2. Allow RFC1929 authentication (username/password) to SOCKS
 servers (https://bugzil.la/1200802)
 * Bug #2950: Make Permissions Manager memory-only
 (https://bugzil.la/967812)
 * Bug #2949: Make Intermediate Cert Store memory-only.
 (https://bugzil.la/629558)
 * Bug #4755: Return client window coordinates for mouse event screenX/Y
 (for dragend, 0,0 is returned). (https://bugzil.la/418986)
 * Bug #2875: Limit device and system specific CSS Media Queries.
 (https://bugzil.la/418986)
 * Bug #5856: Do not expose physical screen info via window &
 window.screen. (https://bugzil.la/418986)
 * Bug #13016: Hide CSS -moz-osx-font-smoothing values.
 (https://bugzil.la/418986)
 * Bug #13025: Lie about screen orientation. (https://bugzil.la/418986)
 * Bug #6786: Do not expose system colors to CSS or canvas.
 (https://bugzil.la/232227)
 * Bug #13313 Part 2: Fix windows cross-compile for --enable-bundled-fonts
 (https://bugzil.la/1190590)
 * Bug #16906: Don't depend on Windows crypto DLLs.
 (https://bugzil.la/1217985)

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