[tor-qa] Tor Browser 5.5a3 is ready for testing

[Georg Koppen]

Hello tor-qa,

Tor Browser 5.5a3 is ready for testing. Bundles can be found on:

https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/builds/5.5a3-build4/

This release contains an update to Firefox 38.3.0 ESR and a number of
other components. Apart from several bug fixes we added a new locale
(Japanese) and tried to improve our font fingerprinting defense in the
sense that we keep it strong while providing a better user experience.

In addition to these major highlights here comes the full changelog:

Tor Browser 5.5a3 -- September 22 2015
 * All Platforms
   * Update Firefox to 38.3.0esr
   * Update libevent to 2.0.22-stable
   * Update Torbutton to 1.9.4
     * Bug 16937: Don't translate the hompepage/spellchecker dictionary
string
     * Bug 16735: about:tor should accommodate different fonts/font sizes
     * Bug 16887: Update intl.accept_languages value
     * Bug 15493: Update circuit display on new circuit info
     * Bug 16797: brandShorterName is missing from brand.properties
     * Translation updates
   * Bug 10140: Add new Tor Browser locale (Japanese)
   * Bug 17102: Don't crash while opening a second Tor Browser
   * Bug 16983: Isolate favicon requests caused by the tab list dropdown
   * Bug 13512: Load a static tab with change notes after an update
   * Bug 16937: Remove the en-US dictionary from non en-US Tor Browser
bundles
   * Bug 7446: Tor Browser should not "fix up" .onion domains (or any
domains)
   * Bug 16837: Disable Firefox Hotfix updates
   * Bug 16855: Allow blobs to be download on first-party pages (fixes
mega.nz)
   * Bug 16781: Allow saving pdf files in built-in pdf viewer
   * Bug 16842: Restore Media tab on Page information dialog
   * Bug 16727: Disable about:healthreport page
   * Bug 16783: Normalize NoScript default whitelist
   * Bug 16775: Fix preferences dialog with security slider set to "High"
   * Bug 13579: Update download progress bar automatically
   * Bug 15646: Reduce keyboard layout fingerprinting in KeyboardEvent
   * Bug 17046: Event.timeStamp should not reveal startup time
   * Bug 16872: Fix warnings when opening about:downloads
   * Bug 17097: Fix intermittent crashes when using the print dialog
 * Windows
  * Bug 16906: Fix Mingw-w64 compilation/Don't depend on Windows crypto DLLs
  * Bug 16707: Allow more system fonts to get used on Windows
 * OS X
  * Bug 16910: Update copyright year in OS X bundles
  * Bug 16707: Allow more system fonts to get used on OS X
 * Linux
  * Bug 16672: Don't use font whitelisting for Linux users
 * Build system
   * Bug 16909: Bump Ubuntu host requirement to 14.04+
   * Bug 12240+12237: Make LXC builds reproducible

Happy testing,

Georg

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