Consider removing gecko-mediaplayer for WW

[Bryan Quigley]

We are moving into a web that doesn't need plugins anymore, thanks to HTML5
video.

Furthermore there are:
 * privacy/tracking implications in including plugins [1]
 * NPAPI is being disabled anyway in Chrome/Chromium
 * Plugin support is being deprecated in Firefox and will trigger click-to-play

Totem also just removed their browser plugins for the above and some technical reasons [4]

[1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/
[2] https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/chromium-dev/xEbgvWE7wMk/D_07G2lftacJ
[3] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2014/02/28/update-on-plugin-activation/
[4] http://www.hadess.net/2014/04/good-bye-totem-browser-plugin.html

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

This was done for vivid in lubuntu-meta (0.56). Thanks!

[Istimsak (saqman2060)]

Is the gecko-mediaplayer a plugin supplied by ubuntu/Linux to play videos in a browser?

[Istimsak (saqman2060)]

I am using utopic which still has this package.

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 9:13 PM, Istimsak <email address hidden> wrote:

> Is the gecko-mediaplayer a plugin supplied by ubuntu/Linux to play
> videos in a browser?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314648
>
> Title:
> Consider removing gecko-mediaplayer for Utopic+
>
> Status in lubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> We are moving into a web that doesn't need plugins anymore, thanks to
> HTML5
> video.
>
> Furthermore there are:
> * privacy/tracking implications in including plugins [1]
> * NPAPI is being disabled anyway in Chrome/Chromium
> * Plugin support is being deprecated in Firefox and will trigger
> click-to-play
>
> Totem also just removed their browser plugins for the above and some
> technical reasons [4]
>
> [1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/
> [2]
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/chromium-dev/xEbgvWE7wMk/D_07G2lftacJ
> [3]
> https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2014/02/28/update-on-plugin-activation/
> [4] http://www.hadess.net/2014/04/good-bye-totem-browser-plugin.html
>
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[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

@Is the gecko-mediaplayer a plugin supplied by ubuntu/Linux to play videos in a browser?
Yes

It's still in utopic but has been removed in vivid and werewolf.