[tor-qa] Tor Browser 4.5a4 is ready for testing

[Sherief Alaa]

Sherief Alaa
sheriefalaa.w at gmail.com



> On Feb 23, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Georg Koppen <gk at torproject.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi tor-qa people,
> 
> Tor Browser 4.5a4 is up for testing. Bundles can be found on:
> 
> https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/builds/4.5a4-build3
> 
> This release is based on Firefox 31.5.0 ESR. It contains the brand new
> Tor alpha, 0.2.6.3-alpha, an updated OpenSSL, NoScript, obf4proxy and a
> large amount of bug fixes and enhancements.
> Most notably, Disconnect Search is now selected as the default search
> engine and the Torbutton menu got reorganized. Apart from that we fixed
> some long-standing issues: users are getting warned on New Identity that
> they may loose their tabs (bug 9906), we added the option to get a new
> circuit for a website (bug 9942) and we improved the branding on the
> about-dialog (bug 5698). The full changelog is:
> 
> Tor Browser 4.5a4 -- Feb 24 2015
> * All Platforms
>   * Update Firefox to 31.5.0esr
>   * Update Tor to 0.2.6.3-alpha
>   * Update OpenSSL to 1.0.1l
>   * Update NoScript to 2.6.9.15
>   * Update obfs4proxy to 0.0.4
>     * Use obfs4proxy for ScrambleSuit bridges
>   * Update Torbutton to 1.9.0.0
>     * Bug 13882: Fix display of bridges after bridge settings have been
> changed
>     * Bug 5698: Use "Tor Browser" branding in "About Tor Browser" dialog
>     * Bug 10280: Strings and pref for preventing plugin initialization.
>     * Bug 14866: Show correct circuit when more than one exists for a
> given domain
>     * Bug 9442: Add New Circuit button to Torbutton menu
>     * Bug 9906: Warn users before closing all windows and performing
> new identity.
>     * Bug 8400: Prompt for restart if disk records are enabled/disabled.
>     * Bug 14630: Hide Torbutton's proxy settings tab.
>     * Bug 14632: Disable Cookie Manager until we get it working.
>     * Bug 11175: Remove "About Torbutton" from onion menu.
>     * Bug 13900: Remove remaining SafeCache code in favor of C++ patch
>     * Bug 14490: Use Disconnect search in about:tor search box
>     * Bug 14392: Don't steal input focus in about:tor search box
>     * Bug 11236: Don't set omnibox order in Torbutton (to prevent
> translation)
>     * Bug 13406: Stop directing users to download-easy.html.en on update
>     * Bug 9387: Handle "custom" mode better in Security Slider
>     * Bug 12430: Bind jar: pref to Security Slider
>     * Bug 14448: Restore Torbutton menu operation on non-English
> localizations
>     * Translation updates
>   * Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.7.2
>     * Bug 13271: Display Bridge Configuration wizard pane before Proxy pane
>     * Bug 14336: Fix navigation button display issues on some wizard panes
>     * Translation updates
>   * Bug 14203: Prevent meek from displaying an extra update notification
>   * Bug 14849: Remove new NoScript menu option to make permissions
> permanent
>   * Bug 14851: Set NoScript pref to disable permanent permissions
>   * Bug 14490: Make Disconnect the default omnibox search engine
>   * Bug 11236: Fix omnibox order for non-English builds
>     * Also remove Amazon, eBay and bing; add Youtube and Twitter
>   * Bug 10280: Don't load any plugins into the address space.
>   * Bug 14392: Make about:tor hide itself from the URL bar
>   * Bug 12430: Provide a preference to disable remote jar: urls
>   * Bug 13900: Remove 3rd party HTTP auth tokens via Firefox patch
>   * Bug 5698: Fix branding in "About Torbrowser" window
> * Windows:
>   * Bug 13169: Don't use /dev/random on Windows for SSP
> * Linux:
>   * Bug 13717: Make sure we use the bash shell on Linux
> 
> Georg
> 

Hi,

First of all this is a great release, great job!

I tested on OS X and Windows only found two minor defects with how RTL languages are displayed in TorButton’s circuit viewer and about:tor's “What’s next?”, “You can help!” boxes. See attached.

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