I am using utopic which still has this package. On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 9:13 PM, Istimsak <saqman2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is the gecko-mediaplayer a plugin supplied by ubuntu/Linux to play > videos in a browser? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Lubuntu > Packages Team, which is subscribed to lubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314648 > > Title: > Consider removing gecko-mediaplayer for Utopic+ > > Status in lubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > > Bug description: > We are moving into a web that doesn't need plugins anymore, thanks to > HTML5 > video. > > Furthermore there are: > * privacy/tracking implications in including plugins [1] > * NPAPI is being disabled anyway in Chrome/Chromium > * Plugin support is being deprecated in Firefox and will trigger > click-to-play > > Totem also just removed their browser plugins for the above and some > technical reasons [4] > > [1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/ > [2] > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/chromium-dev/xEbgvWE7wMk/D_07G2lftacJ > [3] > https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2014/02/28/update-on-plugin-activation/ > [4] http://www.hadess.net/2014/04/good-bye-totem-browser-plugin.html > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1314648/+subscriptions > -- "Collaboration is the new innovation" (Istimsak Abdulbasir, 2013) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314648 Title: Consider removing gecko-mediaplayer for Utopic+ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1314648/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
