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Uplift candidates

While working on #40562 (closed), we found possible candidates for uplift (see also !242 (closed)):

Subject Status Hash Bugzilla link Other notes
Bug 27604: Fix addon issues when moving TB directory Stuck: the review process started, the concern were addressed, but then the reviewer stopped answering; I offered volunteer to continue the process. See #33965. 171f4c44 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429838 Check if this happens in vanilla Firefox, first (it does in v99, accordingly to one of the comments in Bugzilla)
Bug 40432: Prevent probing installed applications Added our patch as a comment, waiting to see if Mozilla does anything about it. 4eecc98f https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1711084#c15 The proof of concept has different code for Tor Browser, so Firefox may need a different correction
Bug 14631: Improve profile access error messages. Our patch needs some rework before trying to upstream b8c165c8 At the moment it depends on TorStrings
Bug 41116: Normalize system fonts. Sent the first patch, which modified also the chrome. To send the patch after #41356 (closed) (not a complete commit, yet) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1787790 Remove the Arimo part.
Bug 40309: Avoid using regional OS locales Approved, but not landed 20484f4d https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1746668 See #41349
Bug 40171: Make WebRequest and GeckoWebExecutor First-Party aware Stuck, but had requests. The reviewer doesn't work for Moz anymore. See also the original issue (#40171 (closed)). c43bf454 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1676104 First-party isolation for Java stuff.
Bug 30605: Honor privacy.spoof_english in Android Not opened yet 4ac63739 Not opened yet Spoof English has also other stuff to uplift, and we should uplift also the UI.
Bug 18800: Remove localhost DNS lookup in nsProfileLock.cpp Uplifted 🎉 535df0bb https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1769028 Possible proxy bypass; the patch code has a comment with its possible disadvantages; the uplift will keep Mozilla's code, but place if in an ifndef that checks if proxy bypass protection was requested
Bug 32418: Allow updates to be disabled via an enterprise policy. Uplifted 🎉 893bfa4f https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1769030
Bug 21830: Copying large text from web console leaks to /tmp Uplifted 🎉 64405002 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1768907 Verified with a debugger, still happens without the patch
Bug 40166: Disable security.certerrors.mitm.auto_enable_enterprise_roots Rejected: basically Moz said "if users change these prefs, the're on their own" 68d1e9b1 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1768899 Without the 000-tor-browser.js part (that #40562 (closed) moves to TB4)
Bug 16620: Clear window.name when no referrer sent Dropped by us fc23a5dd
Bug 32220: Improve the letterboxing experience Dropped by us 18ab13ec https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1594455 We should uplift ma1's great work instead
Bug 41966: Cannot remove locales from the locale alternatives list Uplifted 🎉 5be723a9 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1851618
Bug 42528: Reduce scrollbar width variation on Windows OS 9b68a413
Bug 41901: Hardcode normalized FontSubstitutes 4255b354 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1845105
Bug 42192: Correctly round new windows when bookmarks toolbar is set to "Only Show on New Tab" https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1677733
Bug 23104: Add a default line height compensation Dropped by us 16344ab0 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397994 See #40919 (closed)
Edited by Pier Angelo Vendrame
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