Ubuntu
flashplugin-nonfree package

  1. Gutsy (7.10)
  2. Bug #173890
  3. Comment #243

Comment 243 for bug 173890

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Noel J. Bergman (noeljb) wrote : Re: flashplugin-nonfree fails to install... new version?

> Leaving your users high and dry for a day before the updated
> .deb can be put out is better than not getting a chance to
> test what you release.

Nit: it really isn't what Ubuntu releases. It is what Adobe releases. AIUI, Ubuntu is just a distribution vector, and trying to make sure that what Ubuntu *does* control is compatible with what Adobe releases. Are you are viewing Flash as part of the Ubuntu release rather than as a convenience package to install a widely used third party application? Is there anything about the Ubuntu package that does anything other than ensure that dependencies are met, and install the download from Adobe?

> I agree on that point: that wasn't done so well. Given that future
> upgrades don't break users, the new releases would come out in a
> matter of hours after some testing.

In which case, I hope that we won't be having this discussion in the future. It wasn't a matter of an hour or a day.