Re: [tor-bugs] #16200 [Tor Browser]: Torbutton changes for ESR 38

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#16200: Torbutton changes for ESR 38
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     Reporter:  mcs      |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  needs_review
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:
  Browser                |   Keywords:  tbb-torbutton, ff38-esr,
   Resolution:           |  TorBrowserTeam201506R, tbb-5.0a3-essential
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:10 arthuredelstein]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 mcs]:
 > > There are two fixes on the bug16200-01 branch within the
 user/brade/torbutton repo:
 > >
 > >
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/brade/torbutton.git/commit/?h=bug16200-01&id=6e8c92aead9f62b65a018e48297cadbd4ec4d3db
 >
 > r=arthuredelstein
 >
 > >
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/brade/torbutton.git/commit/?h=bug16200-01&id=840dcad96d55d40d7f3a35a1b485f5c545b3a572
 >
 > Do we want to be providing a version number here at all? I wonder if a
 user agent string that we can keep the same forever would be ideal to
 avoid splitting the pool of users.

 Generally, providing the UA of the ESR we ship is the right thing to do I
 think. This is mainly for usability issues as there are a bunch of sites
 out there that are using the UA as a means for site access control: "You
 have an unsupported user agent, come back if you are using the up-to-date-
 version of _______." And using the (most popular) one of the ESR we ship
 does not split the Tor Browser users group (and there is no chance to
 blend in with other browser versions properly anyway, so no damage done).

 That said, this pref and related Torbutton UA ones are a relic of the
 toggle era and are doing nothing. We should remove them instead.

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