[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Bug#952645: webext-ublock-origin: please consider packaging ublock origin 1.25 or later

[Martin Steigerwald]

Martin Steigerwald - 26.02.20, 21:06:50 CET:
> Package: webext-ublock-origin
> Version: 1.22.2+dfsg-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Please consider packaging uBlock Origin 1.25 or later for its
> protection against using CNAME's to bypass ad blockers:
> 
> https://www.ghacks.net/2020/02/26/if-you-run-ublock-origin-use-the-fir
> efox-version-as-it-offers-better-protection/

I am a bit confused about the right minimum version number. The ghacks 
article mentions 1.25. However on Github I find it in 1.41 beta release 
(which would likely not yet suitable for being packaged just yet).

https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/releases

Thanks,
Martin

> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: bullseye/sid
>   APT prefers unstable-debug
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (200,
> 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386
> 
> Kernel: Linux 5.5.6-tp520 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
> Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE
> Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
> LANGUAGE=de (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
> 
> webext-ublock-origin depends on no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages webext-ublock-origin recommends:
> ii  chromium     80.0.3987.116-1
> ii  firefox      73.0.1-1+b1
> ii  firefox-esr  68.5.0esr-1+b1
> 
> Versions of packages webext-ublock-origin suggests:
> ii  ublock-origin-doc  1.22.2+dfsg-1
> 
> -- no debconf information


-- 
Martin