2011/7/16 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3...@gmail.com>: > On 16 July 2011 02:57, Michael Scherer <m...@zarb.org> wrote: >> Le vendredi 15 juillet 2011 à 11:10 +0300, Ahmad Samir a écrit : >>> Hello. >>> >>> As you've seen the thread, posted by Charles A Edwards, there's a new >>> version of flash which has native 64bit support, it's still in beta >>> but seems to work well, some questions: >>> - Any objections about offering it in mga1? >> >> Yes, I do. >> That's a beta, and stable is not a dumping ground for that. >> > > Right, let's do a head count: > Mageia 64bit users who are using the 64bit Adobe Flash 11 Beta 1, > please raise your hand (my hand is raised already, I've been using it > for 2-3 days).
Same here. > The point, if there's no other easy way to watch flash for 64bit users > without jumping through hoops (using nspluginwrapper, which is > occasionally problematic, or using a 32bit browser on an x86_64 > system, which entails installing some more 32bit libs), there's a good > chance they'll use flash 11, alpha/beta/rc is still better than the > hoops. > > Also we're talking about pushing it to backports, not updates. > > Anyway, since I am personally not affected by the whole issue, I am > not pushing to submit to mga1, do a poll or whatever, when a consensus > is reached we can act accordingly. Yes, sure, no need to hurry. For those who do not know how to install it from the Adobe site somebody already posted a HowTo in the forum. So, a Mageia package will only be needed for those who can not read, all others will already have it installed by then. But what do I know about technical things.... -- wobo