changelog: v97, v98, v99, v100, v101

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

🟩 v101

• date: 12-June-2022

FF101 release notes
FF101 for developers
FF101 security advisories

nothing of consequence... I promise a new clean issue for v102

• new in user.js v101
  • this is part of ETP Strict and will be used in FF102 by default, also see query stripping #1457

   // user_pref("privacy.query_stripping.enabled", true); // [FF101+] [ETP FF102+]

• removed in user.js v101
  • showing original arkenfox values below
  • these were all active (and now inactive under 0650 for prefsCleaner - RUN PREFSCLEANER )
  • noopener and window.name have been default true since FF79 and FF86 respectively
  • trimURLs is cosmetic fluff, see remove 0803: browser.urlbar.trimURLs ? #1473
  • cookie.thirdparty is slated for removal upstream and may cause issues with the lifetime cookie pref deprecation and site exceptions, and is also covered by sanitizing on close

user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false);
user_pref("dom.targetBlankNoOpener.enabled", true);
user_pref("network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly", true);
user_pref("network.cookie.thirdparty.nonsecureSessionOnly", true);
user_pref("privacy.window.name.update.enabled", true);

• [all changes]
• ToDo: diffs FF100-FF101 issue
• v101 PR is at v101 #1443

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🟩 v100

• date: 9-May-2022

FF100 release notes
FF100 for developers
FF100 security advisories

• new in user.js v100

user_pref("browser.download.always_ask_before_handling_new_types", true); // FF101+
   // user_pref("network.http.referer.disallowCrossSiteRelaxingDefault.top_navigation", true); 

• moved to 9999: DEPRECATED / REMOVED in user.js v100
  • replaced by network.http.http2* prefs

   // user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled", false);
   // user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.deps", false);
   // user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.http2", false);
   // user_pref("network.http.spdy.websockets", false);

• [all changes]
• ToDo: diffs FF99-FF100 issue
• v100 PR is at v100 #1423

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🟩 v99

• date: 9-April-2022

FF99 release notes
FF99 for developers
FF99 security advisories

v99 was cosmetic changes and one pref deprecated

• moved to 9999: DEPRECATED / REMOVED in user.js v99

user_pref("security.csp.enable", true);

• [all changes]
• ToDo: diffs FF98-FF99 issue
• v99 PR is at v99 #1419

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🟩 v98

• date: 10-March-2022

FF98 release notes
FF98 for developers
FF98 security advisories

v98 was just cosmetic changes

• [all changes]
• ToDo: diffs FF97-FF98 issue
• v98 PR is at start v98 #1372

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🟩 v97

• date: 13-February-2022
• foreword: These are all the changes since the last changelog (v96).

FF97 release notes
FF97 for developers
FF97 security advisories

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OTHER NEWS

• revamped new shiny improved simpler faster stronger lighter cleaner magnificently stupendously awesome wiki
  • still a couple of things to do, but mostly done
  • thanks everyone for their feedback
  • see new wiki #1354 if you want
• fission
  • since we opt of out of rollouts, we had to wait for the pref flips in stable
• @fxbrit (aka 🐟 ) is an admin for this repo
  • congrats 🐟
  • 🐟 is a maintainer for Librewolf (LW) mac
  • 🐟 is more than that though. I have been working behinds the scenes with 🐟 for about a year: initially for selfish reasons: to align LW more with AF so as to not give AF a bad rep (there is/was a perception that LW was essentially AF)
  • In that time, LW and AF are now almost identical (for things that matter), and in fact, a few changes have resulted because we have worked together to clean things up: such as WebRTC
  • 🎉 party at fxbrit's house

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CHANGELOG: [all changes]

• links to bugzilla tickets and default pref changes in Firefox are in our ToDo: diffs FF96-FF97 issue
• v97 PR is at v97 #1346 ¹
• for all the rest see the full list of pref changes below

¹ see #1299 - starting with v97, all changes to the live master happen once per release: all changes are done in a separate branch/PR and only merged when finished

⭐ your friendly reminder to ALWAYS run prefsCleaner

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CHANGES

• new in user.js v97

user_pref("browser.places.speculativeConnect.enabled", false); // [FF98+]

• made inactive in user.js v97
  • 0403 browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled is already false
  • this makes it easier for users to override since the pref needs to be "looked up"

   // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url", ""); // Defense-in-depth

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STATS

 STATS v97: up to and including section 4500, minus the parrots
 =========
    total: 213
 inactive:  43
           ---
   active: 170
  default:  22 (at least)
      n/a:   2 (of the three prefs in 0204, only one will apply)
      n/a:   1 (0605 is FF98+)
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  flipped: 146 (at most)

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

ALL HAIL PANTS

Collect the set

• Red Pandas, Puss, Trash Pandas, Sting. Mr Nutterbutter, Snow Leopard, Orko

[fxbrit]

party at fxbrit's house

to the person who stole my pokemon pijama last night: please return it asap.

[earthlng]

@fxbrit

• @fxbrit (aka 🐟 ) is an admin for this repo
  • congrats 🐟

welcome on board, mate. Glad to have you. 👍 IDK who stole your pijama though - wasn't me :)