[Bug 235135] Re: [MASTER] Please backport flashplugin-nonfree version 10 beta and asound-plugins from Intrepid so we can drop libflashsupport and the crashes it causes

[Conn]

Daniel,

Everything in your comment re: libflashsupport is accurate (except that
you got things backwards - it's 32bit users that notice crashes with
libflashsupport, while 64bit users do not notice as often, as
nspluginwrapper preserves the firefox process from completely dying),
but since the release of Flash v10 beta 2, things have become even more
complicated. Yes, libflashsupport is still buggy and can cause random
crashes after visiting several sites such as Youtube.

However, the issue encountered by users specifically with Flash 10 beta
2 is not because of libflashsupport, but it is in fact with Firefox 3's
buggy support for "windowless mode" - even recent versions of swfdec
(that have windowless mode support) will exhibit issues. Only certain
sites seem to be affected, so for example, Youtube will never cause a
crash, but other sites will crash 100% reproducibly - and this is
without libflashsupport being installed.

You should check bug #247682 and the linked upstream issue, as well as
the blog entry from Adobe. I have refrained from linking or marking it
as a dupe of this bug, as this bug was originally a Hardy backport
request.  Bug #247682 deals with the actual bug in Firefox 3 (exposed by
the latest Flash), which is now relevant to Intrepid (and it has nothing
to do with libflashsupport or PulseAudio, for once!).

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[MASTER] Please backport flashplugin-nonfree version 10 beta and asound-plugins from Intrepid so we can drop libflashsupport and the crashes it causes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235135
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