And how do you suggest this focus on backend logic and focus on user ease of getting flash is done ? The problem is not ubuntu, or linux in general, how can package maintainers be expected to be up to date real time with Adobe changing the file and it's location with no notice. Instead of chasing this up with ubuntu direct your focus on adobe,
Matt -----Original Message----- From: "David Portwood" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:58:21 -0000 To: [email protected] Received: 18-Dec-2008 19:07:24 +0000 Subject: RE: [Bug 173890] Re: flashplugin-nonfree fails to install due to md5sum mismatch None of this really does anything for the guy who just bought his Ubuntu preinstalled laptop/desktop hoping to get into Linux. Focus should be on usability of future flash updates from an end user standpoint, just make the backend logic work. When faced with end users struggling or breaking a packaging policy you should be thinking of your higher interest the end user. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Noel J. Bergman Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bug 173890] Re: flashplugin-nonfree fails to install due to md5sum mismatch > > It is perfectly easy to install the Adobe 64-bit plugin directly. > Of course this is not the point of having it packaged :-) No. Having the 64-bit version packaged is Bug 299146. :-) Either way, anyone wanting to use the Ubuntu package is going to have to put up with the periodic breakage. So my point is that they can either wait for the package to go through the update process, or install it themselves. The latter being trivial in the 64-bit case, since there are no 32-bit libraries and wrapper to deal with. -- flashplugin-nonfree fails to install due to md5sum mismatch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173890 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- flashplugin-nonfree fails to install due to md5sum mismatch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173890 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- flashplugin-nonfree fails to install due to md5sum mismatch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173890 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
