Freedom 0.8.6: external IPFS, ENSv2 readiness and settings search

Freedom 0.8.6 lets you point at an external IPFS node, prepares for ENSv2, adds search in Settings, ships Arch .pacman packages, and stops sites from hammering permission prompts.

New

External IPFS node support (thanks @ivanmmurciaua):
- Under Settings > Nodes
- Your own gateway, or one detected on the standard local port
Myotis keeps syncing after its built-in checkpoint expires:
- A replacement needs agreeing independent sources and a local proof check
- Progress, errors and Retry sync in the Nodes menu
ENSv2 readiness:
- DNS names such as gregskril.com as wallet recipients
- Offchain names with every Name Resolution method
- Per-chain addresses on chains other than Ethereum
Settings search: a field in the Settings sidebar that finds a setting by its label or description; Enter or a click opens the matching row
Limit on repeated permission prompts: three dismissals in a row block the site for the session, as in Chrome; shown in the address-bar indicator, where Remove lifts it
Arch Linux .pacman packages for x64 and arm64, next to the AppImage and deb, with in-app updates (thanks @jwahdatehagh)

Improved

Myotis re-syncs from scratch once after updating to this release

Fixed

Opening a Chrome Web Store page no longer crashes Freedom
Quitting with the IPFS node running no longer crashes Freedom
Camera and microphone work on macOS, and on sites like Google Meet that check before asking
Visiting a site no longer fetches its page a second time, without your cookies, to find its icon
Ctrl+W on Windows and Linux closes the active tab instead of the whole window
Removing a permission from the address-bar indicator no longer clears another window's session decisions
Trust, permission and Radicle popovers close with the address-bar suggestions instead of staying over the page
The Nodes menu no longer shows a Tor version while Tor is off
A Swarm folder address without its trailing slash, or with a colon in its name, opens the folder
A Settings address naming a missing section changes to the section shown; a link to a single chain opens that chain or says it is no longer configured
Small plain-text files on IPFS open in the tab instead of downloading
Myotis catches up on a fresh install instead of stalling, most often on Gnosis
A transient Gnosis RPC error no longer makes the Swarm node lose a paid postage batch or deploy a second chequebook

Security

Back and Forward re-check an ENS name's verification instead of restoring the verdict from the first visit
Offchain ENS lookups reach only public HTTPS gateways, within time and size limits
Bundled Ant 0.5.44 to 0.5.45 and Myotis 0.1.7 to 0.1.11; Electron 44.3.0 to 44.4.5 and other runtime dependencies refreshed

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