Comment 24 for bug 1643467

Thanks for all info on this matter......problem seems to be fixed. not getting warning.........

Louis V.Romano Jr.

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From: <email address hidden> <email address hidden> on behalf of Seth Arnold <email address hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 6:00 PM
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Subject: [Bug 1643467] Re: Firefox 50 blocks Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 LTS's version of libavcodec

William, as far as I know the next LTS is still intended to be 18.04.

Our current LTS releases are 12.04, 14.04, and 16.04.

If you wish to upgrade to 14.04 note that Apache2's authentication and
authorization changed drastically. If you wish to upgrade to 16.04 note
that php is now version 7, and many applications aren't yet updated for
php7. Be sure to check the release notes for details of larger changes:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
Releases - Ubuntu Wiki<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases>
wiki.ubuntu.com
The content of these old releases can be accessed at the old Ubuntu releases directory. Management of releases. Support length. Regular releases are ...

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Whenever it tries to play a video, Firefox 50 displays this message at the top of every page: "libavcodec may be vulnerable or is not supported, and should be updated ...

Title:
  Firefox 50 blocks Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 LTS's version of libavcodec

Status in libav:
  Unknown
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in libav package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in firefox source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in libav source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in firefox source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in libav source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Whenever it tries to play a video, Firefox 50 displays this message at the top of every page:
  "libavcodec may be vulnerable or is not supported, and should be updated to play video"

  https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/locales/en-
  US/chrome/browser/browser.properties?q=%22libavcodec+may+be+vulnerable%22&redirect_type=single#742

  Firefox refuses any libavcodec version prior to 54.35.1 (unless
  media.libavcodec.allow-obsolete==true).

  https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-
  central/source/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegLibWrapper.cpp#60

  Users should not be subjected to this warning, as it is vague (does not instruct them how to fix it).
  Ubuntu 14.04 LTS should ship with an updated version of libavcodec.

  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: firefox 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

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