Comment 257 for bug 727064

Hopefully this will be the last I have to say about this issue, except for "Thank You" to the people who help get the problem fixed.
First: Adobe is working on a fix for the problem (ref: Markus, comment 118). Perhaps if we ask nicely, Markus would be willing to email his contact at Adobe and ask for an ETA on the new Flash version (I believe the last on that was it was going to QA). Please Markus? :)
Second: the adaptation of Linus' (et al) test-code provided by Aaron (in comment 186), in combination with the rework of flash provided by Paulo (now in comment 211, and a Thank you to you) works on every flash enabled site I have visited (neither of them alone work everywhere for me), and from a strictly end-user point of view, they are both easy to implement. Disclaimer; I do not know the security issues, speed factor, or any other implications of using both workarounds together. My system doesn't seem to have any problems with it, but your mileage may vary.
Third; If Adobe is going to take any length of time, my vote would be for someone or a group of people to rework glibc for the time-being (I would do it myself if I had any clue where to start), and hope that there are no bug-fixes required before Adobe puts out a revised version of flash.
Paulo is correct that it probably makes no sense to branch glibc (although I have to disagree that nobody would maintain it; if that was the case Linux would not be where it is today. Linus' creation and the way he did it proves people will work on something they believe in. Thank you very much Linus, and I'm not bashing you about that Paulo, just disagreeing). Regardless, anyone can easily switch back to the mainstream version of glibc when Adobe fixes flash and it works properly for them. I realize that this doesn't address some of the other issues brought up about the coding quality, security, speed (ie. processor cycles used for different functions), and the g-streamer plugin with the same problem, etc, but I am not knowledgeable enough about those issues to speak about them.
Thanks for reading; I pass the torch and am now going to get some sleep. :)