[HTTPS-Everywhere] Fix for the Google.xml Ruleset

[Jamil Navarro]

Hi again,
I just did a fresh install in another computer and siezed the
opportunity to do a proper diff.

Jamil Navarro

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Jamil Navarro <jamil at navarro.com.ve> wrote:
> I loved the HTTPS-Everywhere Firefox extension, and I'm using version
> "https-everywhere-0.2.2.xpi" (not the dev one) however I had to tweak
> the Google.xml rules a little bit, so it fully adjusts to the
> google.co.ve domain name (for Venezuela). And I hope I simplified
> things a little bit
> The fixes I applied
>
> * Simplification: I replaced the two categories of national google
> urls to a single general one :
>
> <rule
>    from="^http://(www\.)?google(\.com?)?\.[^/@:][^/@:]/(search\?|firefox|#)"
>    to="https://encrypted.google.com/#"
> />
>
> this rule works for google.fr, google.com.br and google.co.ve.
>
> * Fix: The mapping from national urls to language for spanish-speaking
> countries didn't work for Venezuela (google.co.ve) since it assumes a
> full .com.ve address. I made the "m" in com optional.
>
> <rule
>    from="^http://(www\.)?google\.(com?\.)?(ar|bo|cl|co|cu|cr|ec|es|gt|mx|pa|pe|py|sv|uy|ve)/?$"
>    to="https://encrypted.google.com/webhp?hl=es"
> />
>
> Unfortunately I went ahead and edited the directly file, and after it
> worked I couldn't do the diff to send you guys just the patch.
> I hope  the explanation above plus the file I currently use will be enough.
>
> Keep up the good work!
>
> Jamil Navarro
>
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