PH-userjs-updater/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[2.0.0] - TBD (future release)

Removed

These are not completely removed yet, but will be in version 2.0.0.

• tb2 CONFIG support. Affected user.jses can only be updated by using -c.
• -s option. Switch to -u.
• Git branches different from main. Versions prior to 1.3.0 can only be updated manually.

[Unreleased]

Added

Changed

Deprecated

Removed

Fixed

Security

[1.6.2] – 2024-03-17

Fixed

• Removed an unnecessary eval command

[1.6.1] – 2022-11-18

Fixed

• firefox/profiles.ini getting basically parsed twice if thunderbird was not installed.

[1.6.0] – 2022-11-17

Added

• -g option: You can now specify a path to a user overrides file or directory which will be applied to every Firefox profile. If it's a directory every file in it that ends on .js will be applied. If you use the default path ~/.mozilla/firefox/global-user-overrides.js you don't even need to use this option explicitly.
• empty config: You may now specify -c empty on a profile which creates a basically empty user.js. User overrides are still appended so you can solely apply your (global) user overrides to a profile – without a user.js template from anywhere.
• -c option: arkenfox (Firefox) and HorlogeSkynet (Thunderbird) are now available

Fixed

• -r failing because some other, in that case not even needed function failed early
• -i opening an empty file because the script exited and deleted the user.js faster than the system open command opened it

[1.5.2] – 2022-09-12

Added

• medium config. It's called medium streng in Privacy-Handbuch, streng corresponds to sehr streng.

[1.5.1] – 2022-04-07

Fixed

• Thunderbird detected as default browser if executable in current working directory
• Keep file permissions of user.js and the updater itself during updates

[1.5.0] - 2022-04-06

Added

• Check every new user.js against the profile, including a warning if it doesn't seem right
• Try to detect Firefox update channel from compatibility.ini for a first Firefox user.js in a profile if -e is not used
• user.js installation may be confirmed with j/J
• -t option: Dry-run – Do a trial run without actual changes but mostly the same output
• -q option: Quieter – Print less output for every given q (up to 4 for complete silence)

Changed

• When no profile path given, current working directory is assumed. If no typical file is found, the updater directory is assumed (as backward compatible fallback).
• Precedence to find Firefox update channel: -e > previous user.js > compatibility.ini > firefox --version
• Errors and Warnings are now printed to stderr
• Wording and output order changes
• A user.js only gets installed if it is different (overrides are taken into account)
• Fail earlier on invalid profile path selection
• user.js update now is also confirmed by just hitting return
• Running order: Inspect (-i) will open the new user.js before you are asked for confirmation. Also you won't even be bothered with the confirmation dialogue if user.jses are identical.

Removed

• Guessing of global Firefox update channel release if none found

Fixed

• tb-streng user.js could not be parsed
• Possible infinite recursion into directories named user-overrides.js

[1.4.3] - 2022-03-21

Fixed

• user.js version extraction failed due to new layout by Privacy-Handbuch

[1.4.2] - 2022-02-19

Added

• tb-streng config
• Vim modeline

[1.4.1] - 2021-11-09

Fixed

• -b and -d options doing the opposite of what is stated in the usage text

[1.4.0] - 2021-11-09

Added

• -a option: update all Thunderbird and Firefox profiles (in standard locations) with already existing user.jses.
• -e option now supports 0 to force release variant of user.js
• -v option: display version

Changed

• Massive refactoring: coding structure, style, efficiency improvents
• Firefox update channel detection for user.js download; precedence now is: -e option > read from user.js > firefox --version > release (fallback)
• Changelog is not displayed on updates anymore, just a link where to find it

Deprecated

• tb2 CONFIG support
• -s: Switch to -u! Update options are used consciously. Asking for another confirmation is thus pointless. Both options are synonymous now (silent), but -s will be removed eventually.

Fixed

• Some non-POSIX command options
• macOS compatibility
• Script unusable when Firefox executable not in PATH variable

[1.3.1] - 2021-10-10

Fixed

• Write readonly var in a run with multiple profiles

[1.3.0] - 2021-10-07

Added

• Error messages on failed downloads

Changed

• -l output for more clarity
• Lots of code and readability improvements

Deprecated

• Every git branch except main

Fixed

• macOS funcionality (presumably)
• Possible bug with multiline -c arguments
• Some non-POSIX lines
• Some wrong exit codes

[1.2.2] - 2021-04-19

Fixed

• firefox --version check with firejail

[1.2.1] - 2021-02-23

Fixed

• A bug when changing from ESR to release version
• firefox --version fails because Firefox is not installed (thunderbird only usage)

[1.2.0] - 2021-02-23

Added

• Support for different user.jses; an ESR and a release one

Changed

• -v option is renamed to -i ("inspect")
• Failed downloads will now be reported
• Updater is now much less verbose by default
• Names of diff and backup files

[1.1.4] - 2020-11-29

Changed

• Minor wording

[1.1.3] - 2020-11-28

Fixed

• Thunderbird user.js URL

[1.1.2] - 2020-08-23

Fixed

• Grouping of conditions with parentheses (which is an unwanted subshell)

[1.1.1] - 2020-08-20

Fixed

• Variables being read-only when they actually might change

[1.1.0] - 2020-08-20

Added

• Multiple profiles can be handled in one run (all -p paths plus the one selected with -l)

Changed

• After an update of the updater, output the relevant part of the changelog
• Don't execute freshly downloaded updater after an update

Fixed

• Usage of -l and -p in conjunction

[1.0.1] - 2020-04-26

Fixed

• Prevent colored output when stdout is not a terminal

[1.0.0] - 2020-04-22

• Release