[HTTPS-Everywhere] Release 2.2 for Firefox seems to ignore default_off

[Peter Eckersley]

Argh, it looks like you're right.  We'll push a fix ASAP.

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:30:15AM -0700, Christopher Liu wrote:
> To whom it may concern:
> 
> The 2.2 release of HTTPS Everywhere for Firefox does not appear to
> honor the default_off field in rulesets (either built-in or user).
> I noticed the problem when I went to the configuration window to check
> on the rulesets that were noted as broken, and I saw that they had not
> been disabled as they should have been.
> 
> In this screenshot, observe that the 33Bits and 4Shared rulesets do
> not show their default_off message (they are disabled because they had
> been disabled previously).
> 
> http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6262/he22defaultoffbroken1.png
> 
> The configuration window seems instead to show the value of match_rule
> in the notes column. The following screenshot shows this for Stevens.
> Indymedia has the same symptom.
> 
> http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5236/he22defaultoffbroken2.png
> 
> I've verified that Error Console shows no name conflicts / parsing
> failures for my user rulesets, nor any other error obviously caused by
> HTTPS Everywhere. I looked in the default.rulesets file and saw that
> the default_off fields were present.
> I am using Firefox 14.0.1 for Windows, and HTTPS Everywhere was
> updated from version 2.1. The problem did not occur in any previous
> version.
> 
> If you are unable to reproduce this, please explain where I should
> begin troubleshooting. Thank you for your time and help.
> 
> C. Liu
> 
> P.S. Expect me to send at least one email to the
> https-everywhere-rules list within the next couple days ... I know
> we're all in a hurry now that 3.0 is coming soon ...
> 
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