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flashplugin-nonfree package

  1. Bug #173890
  2. Comment #110

Comment 110 for bug 173890

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Jim (jwyllie83) wrote : Re: [Bug 173890] Re: flashplugin-nonfree fails to install... new version?

> I may be wrong, of course, but don't these bugs only affect Hardy? i.e.
> if pushed to gutsy-updates there wouldn't be a problem?
>
> Can anyone shed any light on why 9.0.115.0ubuntu0.7.10 was removed from
> gutsy-proposed? It seemed to only change the MD5s, which is what we need
> here.

Yeah: because the new version doesn't work with Konqueror. And the
decision was made that rather than confusion + brokenness for 1% of web
users who want Flash (those who consistently browse with Konqueror
enough so as to want Flash), we should have confusion + brokenness for
100% of web users who want Flash.