On Sat 12 Sep 2015 at 20:21:40 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2015-09-11, Paul van der Vlis <p...@vandervlis.nl> wrote: > > Op 09-09-15 om 23:43 schreef Liam O'Toole: > >> > >> I've been using Flash from deb-multimedia for years without issue (on > >> stable releases, I grant you). I use the following pinning: > >> > >> Package: * > >> Pin: release o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages > >> Pin-Priority: 100 > > > > I don't know what this is doing, do you? > > Yes. When a package is available in both debian and deb-multimedia, the > former is always preferred.
Except when you use "Flash from deb-multimedia for years". > > I think you will have many packages on your system what are coming from > > deb-multimedia. Maybe that's what you want, no idea. > > Not so. See above. > > > I think the people from deb-multimedia are doing their best to make good > > packages. But I think Debian is too complex to mix with a repo like > > deb-multimedia with many packages. Maybe you don't have problems with > > flash, but I think your system is not "rock solid" anymore. > > And what does deb-multimedia bring you for that? > > The system is no longer 'rock solid' as soon as you install any > third-party software, be it via flashplayer-mozilla or > flashplugin-nonfree or anything else. Both packages use the same source from Adobe. Why specifically should one be less solid than the other when it comes to watching flash video?
