** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnash Gnash 0.8.7 was released. See http://www.gnashdev.org/?q=node/73 for the - changelog. + notice. - This package is not a copy of the debian gnash package, but is maintained in launchpad with bzr. + This package is not a copy of the debian gnash package, but is maintained in launchpad with bzr. lp:~sindhudweep-sarkar/gnash/gnash0.8.7packaging has the changes necessary to package gnash 0.8.7 + + Benefits: + From upstream: + "Improvements since the 0.8.6 release are: + + * Automatic and spontaneous screenshots support in all GUIs + * Significant memory savings in parsing large XML trees and in + some function calls + * Enhancements in video streaming + * Non blocking load of bitmaps, movies, data + * Refactoring to eliminate most static data and get closer to + re-entrant VM + * Cygnal now supports multiple network connections, handling + multiple video streams + * Cygnal now supports plugins for server side scripting in + C/C++ " + + Gnash developers usually are more interested in bugs from recent + versions of gnash. Packaging 0.8.7 in an LTS release means there is a + greater chance that bugs can be relevant and forwarded to upstream. + + Risks: + * ships new shared object library libgnashagg.so.0.0.0 which seems to be mostly a re factoring of the existing shared libraries. The rest of the packaging changes should be benign cleanup and fixes for other bugs. + + A package exists in the gnash team PPA that can be tested.
-- [MASTER] FFe: please sync with upstream version of Gnash .8.7 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522254 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
