Bug 41349: Fix var/copyright_year in Firefox and bump 14.5a2 to build2

Merge Info

Issues

Resolves

• #41349 (closed)
• tor-browser#xxxxx
• mullvad-browser#xxxxx

Related

• tor-browser-build#xxxxx
• tor-browser#xxxxx
• mullvad-browser#xxxxx

Merging

Target Branches

• main: esr128-14.5
• maint-14.0: esr128-14.0
• maint-13.5: esr115-13.5

Backporting

Timeline

• No Backport (preferred): patchset for the next major stable
• Immediate: patchset needed as soon as possible
• Next Minor Stable Release: patchset that needs to be verified in nightly before backport
• Eventually: patchset that needs to be verified in alpha before backport

(Optional) Justification

• Emergency security update: patchset fixes CVEs, 0-days, etc
• Censorship event: patchset enables censorship circumvention
• Critical bug-fix: patchset fixes a bug in core-functionality
• Consistency: only if we decided to backport the no-checkout functionality to stable
• Sponsor required: patchset required for sponsor
• Other: please explain

Issue Tracking

• Link resolved issues with appropriate Release Prep issue for changelog generation

Review

Request Reviewer

• Request review from an applications developer depending on modified system:
  • NOTE: if the MR modifies multiple areas, please /cc all the relevant reviewers (since gitlab only allows 1 reviewer)
  • accessibility : henry
  • android : clairehurst, dan
  • build system : boklm
  • extensions : ma1
  • firefox internals (XUL/JS/XPCOM) : jwilde, ma1
  • fonts : pierov
  • frontend (implementation) : henry
  • frontend (review) : donuts, morgan
  • localization : henry, pierov
  • macOS : clairehurst, dan
  • nightly builds : boklm
  • rebases/release-prep : boklm, dan, ma1, morgan, pierov
  • security : jwilde, ma1
  • signing : boklm, morgan
  • updater : pierov
  • windows : jwilde, morgan
  • misc/other : morgan, pierov

Change Description

Fix var/copyright_year in Firefox, remove it from GeckoView, and prepare 14.5a2-build2.

How Tested

Checked rbm/rbm showconf --target torbrowser-linux-x86_64 --target alpha firefox var/copyright_year outputs 2025 now.

Closes #41349 (closed)

projects/browser/Bundle-Data/Docs-MB/ChangeLog.txt

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ Mullvad Browser 14.5a2 - January 14 2025
    * All Platforms
      * Bug 43373: Do not run all CI jobs for scheduled jobs. [tor-browser]
      * Bug 41340: Update kick_devmole_build script with Mullvad's new GitHub workflow endpoint [tor-browser-build]
+     * Bug 41343: Add signing step to clean some files such as test artifacts [tor-browser-build]
      * Bug 40081: Support apt option for not installing recommended dependencies [rbm]
+   * Windows + macOS
+     * Bug 41349: Wrong copyright year makes build non-reproducible [tor-browser-build]
    * macOS
      * Bug 41325: Newer versions of 7z fail to extract our dmg files because of the /Applications symlink [tor-browser-build]
      * Bug 41327: Print more logs when make_full_update.sh failed to generate mar file in dmg2mar [tor-browser-build]