[Tails-dev] Tor Browser 5.0.4 is ready for testing

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Author: Georg Koppen
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To: tor-qa
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Subject: [Tails-dev] Tor Browser 5.0.4 is ready for testing
Hi,

Tor Browser 5.0.4 is ready for testing. Binaries can be found on

https://people.torproject.org/~gk/builds/5.0.4-build4/

It features an updated Firefox (38.4.0esr) and a number of other
improvements. Most notably, we included Yan Zhu's fix for not leaking
the Referer header when leaving a .onion domain. Additionally, this
release contains an updated NoScript version and minor bug fixes and
clean-ups.

Here is the full changelog:

Tor Browser 5.0.4 -- November 3 2015
 * All Platforms
   * Update Firefox to 38.4.0esr
   * Update NoScript to 2.6.9.39
   * Update Torbutton to 1.9.3.5
     * Bug 9263: Spoof Referer when leaving a .onion domain
     * Bug 16735: about:tor should accommodate different fonts/font sizes
     * Bug 16937: Don't translate the homepage/spellchecker dictionary
string
     * Bug 17164: Don't show text-select cursor on circuit display
     * Bug 17351: Remove unused code
     * Translation updates
   * Bug 16937: Remove the en-US dictionary from non en-US Tor Browser
bundles
   * Bug 17318: Remove dead ScrambleSuit bridge
   * Bug 16983: Isolate favicon requests caused by the tab list dropdown
   * Bug 17102: Don't crash while opening a second Tor Browser
 * Windows:
   * Bug 16906: Don't depend on Windows crypto DLLs
 * Linux:
   * Bug 17329: Ensure that non-ASCII characters can be typed (fixup of
#5926)


Georg