> Because Chromium developers want their browser to be free from digital restrictions, this bug will stay unfixed for Ubuntu too.
What difference does that make? It's not "their browser." Chromium is free software, and Ubuntu can patch it however it pleases. What would serve users better: to be able to use this plugin in Chromium, or to have no choice but to use the Google-built Chrome package and its proprietary code? The answer to that question is clear, and therefore the right thing to do is also clear: apply a patch to Chromium in Ubuntu when a patch becomes available. It makes no sense to WONTFIX this bug. WONTFIX is an anti-user attitude that doesn't belong in Ubuntu or any other free software Linux distro. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371274 Title: Unable to use the widevine plugin with chromium Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Chromium is unable to use the widevine component from google chrome : libwidevinecdmadapter.so and libwidevinecdm.so How to reproduce : - copy the 2 files the chrome archive in /usr/lib/chromium-browser - check chrome://components/ - Widevine does not appear it seems widevine support is only activated when branding=chrome as seen in https://github.com/scheib/chromium/blob/master/third_party/widevine/cdm/widevine_cdm.gyp Widevine support would enable EME playing such as Netflix ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: chromium-browser 37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Sep 18 21:11:17 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-02 (350 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: chromium-browser SystemImageInfo: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type: 'system-image-cli' UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-31 (109 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted] mtime.conffile..etc.chromium.browser.default: 2014-06-01T14:14:23.245932 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1371274/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
