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Re: policies.json

From	Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject	Re: policies.json
Date	2026-04-29 13:21 +0100
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Richmond wrote:

> Andy Burns writes:
> 
>> Except the json spec specifically states that no whitespace characters
>> are significant (outside of quote marks).
> 
> If anyone had the patience they could test this theory (that an update
> to firefox caused LF to be replaced with CRLF, by creating a new linux
> user, downloading the previous version of firefox, unpacking it locally,
> creating a json file, creating a backup of it, then allowing firefox to
> update itself, then comparing the json files. Then, if necessary, report
> the results on Bugzilla.

There's a command line tool 'jq' which at its simplest acts as a json 
pretty-printing filter (it can do a lot more such as selecting 
particular parts of a file) if that likes the file but FF doesn't maybe 
FF's json parser is over-simplistic?  Not saying it is, just a possibility.

> Note that linux line terminator is LF not CR (as someone said upthread).

Indeed, seemed unnecessary to point it out earlier ...

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policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 08:37 -0700
  Re: policies.json "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-04-25 14:53 -0400
    Re: policies.json Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-04-25 21:24 +0200
      Re: policies.json Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-04-25 12:51 -0700
        Re: policies.json "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-04-25 15:54 -0400
          Re: policies.json Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-04-25 15:22 -0700
  Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-25 21:03 +0100
    Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 13:22 -0700
      Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-25 21:44 +0100
      Re: policies.json Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-04-25 23:09 +0200
        Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 14:58 -0700
          Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-25 23:07 +0100
            Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 21:49 -0700
              Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 02:06 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-26 21:40 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 04:50 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-26 22:55 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 07:57 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 11:13 -0700
                Re: policies.json "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-30 11:23 +0200
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-30 22:12 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 20:27 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-01 04:07 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 21:59 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-01 06:44 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 09:16 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-01 22:53 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 12:52 -0700
                Re: policies.json dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2026-05-02 22:50 +0200
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 21:59 -0700
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 20:23 -0700
    Re: policies.json Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-04-25 15:23 -0700
  Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 13:07 -0700
    Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 00:51 +0800
      Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-26 12:17 -0700
        Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 00:24 +0000
          Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 12:27 +0800
          Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-26 21:30 -0700
            Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 04:55 +0000
              Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-26 22:59 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 08:03 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 11:15 -0700
        Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-27 11:01 +0100
          Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 11:03 -0700
            Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-27 19:37 +0100
              Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 11:48 -0700
                Re: policies.json Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-04-27 12:41 -0700
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-28 09:25 -0700
                Re: policies.json Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-28 17:43 +0100
                Re: policies.json Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-04-28 10:56 -0700
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-28 12:54 -0700
    Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 17:49 +0800
      Re: policies.json Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-29 10:59 +0100
        Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-29 11:47 +0100
          Re: policies.json Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-29 13:21 +0100
        Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 21:25 +0800
          Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 21:31 +0800
            Re: policies.json Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-29 14:41 +0100
              Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 10:18 +0800
                Re: policies.json Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-30 09:58 +0100
                Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 20:53 +0800
        Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 20:38 -0700
          Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-30 05:51 +0000
            Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 23:35 -0700
              Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-30 07:53 +0000
              Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-30 09:01 +0100
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-30 09:04 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 20:20 -0700

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