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[Chris Coulson <chris.coulson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I've pushed builds to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-
security/+archive/ubuntu/ppa which:

- Flips browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults to false on en-US.
- On startup, removes the "searchDefault" entry from the search metadata when browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults is false an the build is a partner build (ie, all Ubuntu builds). Note, this entry is only used for the region default - removing it won't affect any decision a user has previously made wrt to their search default.

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Title:
  Search defaults to Yahoo when it shouldn't

Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in firefox source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in firefox source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in firefox source package in Vivid:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  When Mozilla initially switched to Yahoo by default for US users, it
  did this with a non-localized geo-specific preference
  (browser.search.defaultenginename.US), used when the locale was en-US,
  the user was in a US timezone and Firefox was not a partner build.
  This meant that Ubuntu builds continued with Google as the default
  search engine.

  Some users are reporting that the default is switching to Yahoo after
  upgrading to 40.0, which is not intentional.

  Since http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/37ea9e22ac42,
  it looks like Firefox downloads a region specific default from a
  Mozilla server even for partner builds like ours.

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