[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Handling of HTTPS Everywhere updates

[Jérémy Bobbio]

Hi migthy release managers of Debian!

I have been take care of HTTPS Everywhere in Debian for the past months
(source: https-everywhere).

HTTPS Everywhere is an extension for Iceweasel that force the use of
HTTPS on many websites. It works by shipping a list of rules of how URL
should be rewritten to maximize HTTPS usage.

This list of rules is by very nature quite volatile: in the 11394
currently included hostname, there's probably a small change of policy
every day.

Upstream has a very conservative approach to releases. Once a release is
stable, updates are limited to very important bugs, fixing current rules
and updates to certificate whitelist.

Nevertheless, according to my calculations, a new stable release
happened every 20 days on average for the current stable (3.x) branch.

In order to be useful and provide good web browsing experience, HTTPS
Everywhere rules need to be kept up to date.

Given all the above, do you think HTTPS Everywhere could be part of a
Debian stable release?

(Please keep me CC'ed, I'm not subscribed to -release.)

Thanks for your time,
-- 
Jérémy Bobbio                        .''`. 
lunar at debian.org                    : :Ⓐ  :  # apt-get install anarchism
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