| 2016-10-15 06:37:54 |
Niklas Holm |
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| 2016-10-15 06:38:35 |
Niklas Holm |
description |
Since google no longer bundles its pepperflash plugin with chrome's debs (<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1632870">bug #1632870</a>) the recommended way to get the plugin is by installing adobe-flashplugin from the partner repository. However, since it also includes the outdated NPAPI-plugin this will result in two flash-plugins being installed to Firefox' plugin directory, due to the fact that browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash and adobe-flashplugin doesn't use the same alternative link, which they should.
In /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins there's currently two links:
flash-mozilla.so -> /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so (installed by browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash)
flashplugin-alternative.so -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin (installed by adobe-flashplugin)
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash should use the same alternatives-link as the official package but with an higher priority, which would eliminate the compability issue.
Also the recommend of pepperflashplugin-nonfree should be removed and solely recommend adobe-flashplugin instead. |
Since google no longer bundles its pepperflash plugin with chrome's debs (bug #1632870) the recommended way to get the plugin is by installing adobe-flashplugin from the partner repository. However, since it also includes the outdated NPAPI-plugin this will result in two flash-plugins being installed to Firefox' plugin directory, due to the fact that browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash and adobe-flashplugin doesn't use the same alternative link, which they should.
In /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins there's currently two links:
flash-mozilla.so -> /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so (installed by browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash)
flashplugin-alternative.so -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin (installed by adobe-flashplugin)
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash should use the same alternatives-link as the official package but with an higher priority, which would eliminate the compability issue.
Also the recommend of pepperflashplugin-nonfree should be removed and solely recommend adobe-flashplugin instead. |
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| 2016-10-24 22:55:45 |
Launchpad Janitor |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2016-10-24 23:17:58 |
Naël |
bug |
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added subscriber Nathanaël Naeri |
| 2016-10-26 15:08:23 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug |
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added subscriber Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
| 2016-10-26 16:42:51 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu): importance |
Undecided |
High |
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| 2016-10-26 16:42:51 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
In Progress |
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| 2016-10-26 16:42:51 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu): assignee |
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
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| 2016-10-26 21:29:22 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Yakkety |
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| 2016-10-26 21:29:22 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Xenial |
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| 2016-10-27 07:22:17 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team |
| 2016-10-27 11:29:28 |
Niklas Holm |
bug watch added |
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https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin/issues/246 |
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| 2016-10-27 16:00:37 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
description |
Since google no longer bundles its pepperflash plugin with chrome's debs (bug #1632870) the recommended way to get the plugin is by installing adobe-flashplugin from the partner repository. However, since it also includes the outdated NPAPI-plugin this will result in two flash-plugins being installed to Firefox' plugin directory, due to the fact that browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash and adobe-flashplugin doesn't use the same alternative link, which they should.
In /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins there's currently two links:
flash-mozilla.so -> /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so (installed by browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash)
flashplugin-alternative.so -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin (installed by adobe-flashplugin)
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash should use the same alternatives-link as the official package but with an higher priority, which would eliminate the compability issue.
Also the recommend of pepperflashplugin-nonfree should be removed and solely recommend adobe-flashplugin instead. |
[Impact]
Since google no longer bundles its pepperflash plugin with chrome's debs (bug #1632870) the recommended way to get the plugin is by installing adobe-flashplugin from the partner repository. However, since it also includes the outdated NPAPI-plugin this will result in two flash-plugins being installed to Firefox' plugin directory, due to the fact that browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash and adobe-flashplugin doesn't use the same alternative link, which they should.
In /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins there's currently two links:
flash-mozilla.so -> /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so (installed by browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash)
flashplugin-alternative.so -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin (installed by adobe-flashplugin)
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash should use the same alternatives-link as the official package but with an higher priority, which would eliminate the compability issue.
Also the recommend of pepperflashplugin-nonfree should be removed and solely recommend adobe-flashplugin instead.
Proposed changes to achieve this are available in this PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/freshplayerplugin
[Test Case]
1. Install adobe-flashplugin from Canonical Partner.
2. Install the current version of
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash.
3. Restart Firefox and find that two version of "Shockwave Flash" are
shown under Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins.
4. Install the proposed browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash.
5. Restart Firefox and find only adobe-flashplugin's PPAPI plugin under
Plugins.
[Regression Potential]
Low. This proposal is a natural step for Ubuntu to deal with the pepperflashplugin-nonfree breakage caused by Google. As an extra bonus, since adobe-flashplugin actually installs the PPAPI plugin and not just downloads it from an external source at install, users will have the (almost) latest plugin version installed through the package updates. |
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| 2016-10-27 18:43:31 |
Mathew Hodson |
tags |
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packaging |
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| 2016-11-01 10:11:46 |
Daniel Holbach |
bug task added |
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freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Xenial) |
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| 2016-11-01 10:11:54 |
Daniel Holbach |
bug task added |
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freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Yakkety) |
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| 2016-11-01 10:24:25 |
Launchpad Janitor |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Xenial): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2016-11-01 10:24:25 |
Launchpad Janitor |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Yakkety): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2016-11-01 10:48:13 |
Launchpad Janitor |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu): status |
In Progress |
Fix Released |
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| 2016-11-01 13:37:32 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Xenial): importance |
Undecided |
High |
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| 2016-11-01 13:37:32 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Xenial): status |
Confirmed |
In Progress |
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| 2016-11-01 13:37:32 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Xenial): assignee |
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
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| 2016-11-01 13:37:57 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Yakkety): importance |
Undecided |
High |
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| 2016-11-01 13:37:57 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Yakkety): status |
Confirmed |
In Progress |
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| 2016-11-01 13:37:57 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Yakkety): assignee |
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
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| 2016-12-20 17:43:25 |
Brian Murray |
removed subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team |
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| 2017-01-11 14:19:30 |
Łukasz Zemczak |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Xenial): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2017-01-11 14:19:32 |
Łukasz Zemczak |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2017-01-11 14:19:38 |
Łukasz Zemczak |
bug |
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added subscriber SRU Verification |
| 2017-01-11 14:19:42 |
Łukasz Zemczak |
tags |
packaging |
packaging verification-needed |
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| 2017-01-11 21:49:29 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
tags |
packaging verification-needed |
packaging verification-done-xenial |
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| 2017-01-19 14:19:15 |
Steve Langasek |
removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
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| 2017-01-19 14:29:18 |
Launchpad Janitor |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Xenial): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2017-01-19 19:48:21 |
Brian Murray |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Yakkety): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2017-01-19 19:48:24 |
Brian Murray |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2017-01-19 19:48:34 |
Brian Murray |
tags |
packaging verification-done-xenial |
packaging verification-done-xenial verification-needed |
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| 2017-01-19 21:43:31 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
tags |
packaging verification-done-xenial verification-needed |
packaging verification-done-xenial verification-done-yakkety |
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| 2017-01-31 08:48:55 |
Launchpad Janitor |
freshplayerplugin (Ubuntu Yakkety): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2017-02-09 16:01:23 |
Naël |
removed subscriber Nathanaël Naeri |
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