Public bug reported: Please remove pepperflashplugin-nonfree from Ubuntu, starting from the upcoming Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark".
pepperflashplugin-nonfree is the only (packaged) way for Debian users to install the PPAPI Flash plugin, but adobe-flashplugin from Canonical's partner repository is recommended instead for Ubuntu users and installs both the PPAPI and the NPAPI Flash plugins. https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/net-install-flash.html The drawback of pepperflashplugin-nonfree is that it doesn't update with new versions of Adobe Flash, contrary to adobe-flashplugin. The user has to run a separate update script, provided by the package, to update the Flash plugin ("sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install"). Most normal Ubuntu users are not aware of this fact and never manually update their Flash plugin, which puts them at risk of security vulnerabilities. This has led one user to proposing a cronjob-improved version of the package (ppa:jonathonf/pepperflashplugin-nonfree). The advantage of pepperflashplugin-nonfree over adobe-flashplugin is that it is in multiverse rather than in partner. I believe that the drawback outweighs the advantage and that pepperflashplugin-nonfree should be dropped from Ubuntu (but not from Debian). Please discuss here if you agree or not. Also please see bug 1632870 where the idea of removing pepperflashplugin-nonfree was first floated (comments 31, 32, 34, 40, 42, 43, 52). Thanks. ** Affects: pepperflashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: artful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1685609 Title: Remove pepperflashplugin-nonfree from Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1685609/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
