[tor-bugs] #29454 [HTTPS Everywhere/EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: Updates of HTTPS-Everywhere we ship do not seem to update the rulesets

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#29454: Updates of HTTPS-Everywhere we ship do not seem to update the rulesets
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  legind
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  HTTPS Everywhere/EFF-HTTPS           |        Version:
  Everywhere                                     |
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:4 legind]:
 > > Okay, to be clear the "Rulesets version for EFF (full)" item behind
 the HTTPS Everywhere button is bound to the ruleset update done by the
 extension? That is, as long as no update check (successfully) happened
 that UI piece does not update even though all the rulesets are there due
 to the extensions update?
 >
 > Yes, this is correct.  We do extension updates less often than ruleset
 updates, so the rulesets bundled with the extension may be a little out of
 date, but even if there is no "Rulesets version for EFF (full)" item
 displayed, there will be rulesets in effect.

 Okay, so the item is meant to display the last date when those rulesets
 got *fetched*? Or is it meant to show the version of the currently
 *active* rulesets? My intuition (and that of the user who reported that
 bug) is the latter, because that's what I as a user care about. It seems
 to me then that the item should not "lie" to the user regardless whether
 the check on start-up is succeeding or not (it might in fact even fail
 outside of Tor Browser/unrelated to it for various reasons).

 Extension update checks are not on the same schedule as ruleset update
 checks, so what happens if you update your extension (because there is a
 new version available) but you already had *newer* rulesets installed? Do
 those newer rulesets get overwritten by the ones shipped with the
 extension?

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