On 06/10/13 07:09, Bart Martens wrote: > Still the same reason as back in 2008 : > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475580 >
Quoting your reason back in 2008: [1] > Only the local sysadmin can decide on how frequently he/she wants to > check for newer versions, and on whether/when to install the newer > versions. Updates of the Adobe Flash Player often combine security > fixes and new features. The frequency of checking for security fixes is > a sensitive matter, and I don't want to take any responsibility for that > for this closed-source software. And new features may break things, so > the local sysadmin must decide whether or not the new features are > welcome or not. I suppose you already know that Adobe won't release new versions of the NPAPI Flash plugin for Linux. "In February 2012, Adobe announced to discontinue its NPAPI Flash plugin for Linux from version 11.2. Newer versions will not be available from Adobe, but integrated with Google Chrome, using its PPAPI instead. Security updates for the NPAPI version will still be provided for 5 years." [2] So, I think we can be confident that with any update of the NPAPI flash plugin, there will be not new features, but only security fixes. I wonder if this can change your mind about whether providing this script is a good idea. Regards! -------- [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=16;bug=475580 [2] http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/adobe-and-google-partnering-for-flash-player-on-linux.html
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