On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:55:43 +0800 Paul Wise <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Nick Boyce wrote: [snip] > > I realise the nonfree plugin is not really supported, but ... > > assuming Bart is MIA for some reason, is it possible for the > > Security Team to either fix the update, or to make an announcement > > that all Debian users should stop using the Adobe player > > immediately ? > > I'm not part of the team, but I do know that contrib and non-free are > not supported by the Debian security team, so they are unlikely to > make any fixes nor announcements. > > https://www.debian.org/security/faq#contrib
Thanks. Link read, point taken (although the link does imply the Security Team will sometimes make appropriate announcements about such unsupported packages). > I'd encourage everyone reading this list to use this opportunity > transition away from using the Adobe Flash player. Most of the web > should support standard HTML5 by now I'd love to. Actually I have removed Flash from almost all my systems now because, as you say, most sites have introduced HTML5 replacements [*]. I have just one use-case left: for some reason the BBC News website still requires Flash to show news video clips, although all other BBC properties seem to have an HTML5 alternative, even if still beta. I have a throwaway Debian VM for that purpose, and would like to use Flash in it for as long as the need remains. [*] of course, some observers are wondering what new security hell may be delivered along with HTML5 media players, but that's another conversation about which I have no personal opinion :-) Cheers, Nick -- The Unix man pages were written by Vogons. Drunk Vogons. Practicing poetry whilst smashing snails with hammers. ~~ Slashdot comment
