Comment 225 for bug 173890

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

> !
>
> Why on earth has been this released on Kubuntu Gutsy then? Is it a
> backport? Is there any way I can get back the nice old version that
> worked!?

It was released to Gutsy because everyone who doesn't use Konqueror was
broken before, and every new Gutsy user was unable to use Flash. Not
exactly ideal. So it was decided that this would happen so everyone
else could have working stuff. It took so long to fix *those* people
because everyone else was worried about what would happen to current
Konqueror users and how that wasn't good. Scroll up on the bug for the
entire discussion about it if you're curious.

Anyone else here who's more proficient in .deb files want to offer one
that contains the old version? I think that's a good solution for
people who run into this. Not as good as Konqueror fixing itself, but
easier and more immediate until moving to Hardy (where Konqueror is fixed).

Sorry about the inconvenience.