On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 06:35:12PM -0500, Marty Jack via blfs-dev wrote: > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 18:11:58 -0500 Ken Moffat via blfs-dev wrote: > > I'm getting ready for next week's release of firefox-78.9.0 by > > measuring the build using the current candidate. Looking at our > > instructions, since 'time immemorial' (ok, more exactly for 3 years, > > but in our terms that is eons ago) we've had: > > > > mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins && > > ln -sfv ../../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox/browser/ > > > > That was created/updated when I changed firefox to 58 and then 59. > > I can vaguely recall that in those days there were still available > > plugins. But looking at my current system I see no sign of any > > plugins in that directory, so I'm minded to remove this unless > > anyone jumps up and says that with 78.8.0 they do actually have any > > extra plugins in /usr/lib/firefox/browser. > > > > For myself, the only enabled plugin shown in 'about:addons' is the > > OpenH264 video codec from Cisco which 'is automatically installed to > > comply with the WebRTC spec' and that does not show up in > > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. > > > > Copying to -support just in case someone there has a different view. > > > > ĸen > > -- > > On average, the Panda feeds for 15 hours a day. This is the > > same as an adult at home under quarantine, which is why we call > > it a "Pandemic". > > -- > > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev > > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > It should be safe to delete any handling of /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. > > I believe there is no longer such a thing as a Firefox plugin. > See item "March 2017" in [1] that withdrew support for all except Flash. > See item "2021" in [1] that withdrew Flash. > > [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Plugins/Roadmap
Thanks. We are still on 78esr so I guess that flash might still be supported on that, but nobody should be using it by now. ĸen -- On average, the Panda feeds for 15 hours a day. This is the same as an adult at home under quarantine, which is why we call it a "Pandemic". -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
