The last one-off ESR cycle of 8 releases is now behind us, new algorithm for FF60+ is back to 7 releases per ESR numbering, starting at 60... 67... etc. Note: This does not do anything for Aurora or Nightly spoofing the next ESR early (but we have until Nightly 67 before this becomes a problem). The ticket 1418162 was meant to cover this but instead was just used for the new algorithm. There is currently no ticket for the Aurora/Nightly issue - but never fear, Pants is here!! It is not forgotten, and I have emails with Tom Ritter et al on it
* updated shebang
* The script now compares its version number to the one online. If there is a newer version of `updater.sh` online it ask the user if he wants to download and run it.
* 2 parameters are supported: `-donotupdate` to disable the update-check and `-update` to auto-download and run the new version without asking
* Backup files are now saved to the directory `userjs_backups` instead of causing more bloat in the profile directory.
- massive speed improvement !! m-a-s-s-i-v-e !
- small fix to the time format used in backup filenames (replace space with zeros)
- better tolerance for special characters within preference names (which counters [the one downside that v1.2 brought along](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/pull/321#issuecomment-354394222)).
- other minor things, mostly to do with Delayed Expansion and the removal of it
known issue (but not really an issue):
- it skips instances of `user_pref` that have any quote or double-quote before `user_pref` (like `// "this" user_pref`)
AS is out of control. No master switch in FF60+, and in order to 100% sure nothing is collected locally (or external connections made), there are now some 28 prefs (including those coming in FF61). This is re-DICK-ulous. We're not going to bother tracking all that, let alone the labyrinth of code. All users are advised to just make sure they remove the XPI every time they update FF.
2711 is about web extension data and does not fit in the 2700s is all about websites' persistent data, i.e items that sanitizing and Storage Manager deal with. Dumping in 2600's which is getting a revamp later
* Options> and [settings]
While I'm at it, I'm changing the 21 instances of
- `[SETTING-56+]` to just `[SETTING]`
- `[SETTING-ESR]` to `[SETTING-ESR52]` because we'll leave those in until 62 (yes I know they may apply to earlier ESRs, but people should be upgraded). Thus no ambiguity with ESR60 vs ESR52 users for the overlap