On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 14:16 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can you please elucidate on why Lenny will not have this package?
Yes: Most newer versions of the Adobe Flash Player are a combination of new features and fixes for security bugs. The Debian Security Team does not support "contrib" and "non-free". The Debian Stable Release Managers Team does not support fast updates in "stable". And "volatile" is not meant to bring new features in "stable". It is not acceptable that users of Debian "stable" use flashplugin-nonfree to install the Adobe Flash Plugin, and not get updates for security bugs in the Adobe Flash Plugin within reasonable time. And it is not acceptable that new features are thrown in "stable" too soon too fast. The consensus on #debian-release on 2007-12-21 was that flashplugin-nonfree does not belong in "stable". The decision made on 2007-12-21 is, starting with Lenny, that flashplugin-nonfree is to be maintained in "unstable" for users of "unstable" and "testing", and is to be maintained at "backports.org" for users of "stable". > Will there be a free alternative that will work enough? > (I appreciate that > 'enough' is vague) No idea. Maybe "gnash" is an interesting alternative ? > I'd just appreciate knowing what's going on, thanks. Yes, of course. I understand that, and your questions are welcome. > > I understand this package must be problematic for Debian Stable Yes. > because it > downloads a static package name whose contents change and so this package > breaks when Adobe's player is updated. The MD5 checks keep new features out of Debian "stable". That is intentional. > Has anyone asked Adobe if they'll give their packages a version-specific > filename and leave old versions on their server? Convincing Adobe to use version-specific filenames, would enable the flashplugin-nonfree package in "stable" to continue to install the old version of the Adobe Flash Player, so with the security bugs. That does not help users of Debian "stable" to install a secure version of the Adobe Flash Player. Regards, Bart Martens
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