REGRESSION [hardy-backports]: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1 causes Firefox to crash on numerous popular websites

[Scott Kitterman]

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:11:32 -0300 "Cody A.W. Somerville" 
<cody-somerville at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>Since there doesn't seem to be a policy defined anywhere on how to deal 
with regressions in backports, I figured it wouldn't hurt to send an e-mail 
to ubuntu-devel to help ensure the proper folks can take action.The recent 
flashplugin-nonfree backport causes Firefox to become unstable as the 
plugin is causing a crash when users visit a number of popular websites 
that take advantage of the technology. This renders some websites competely 
inaccessible and users who frequent primarily websites that use flash may 
find their ability to do so almost completely crippled although due to the 
popularity of flash ads, banners, and widgets, almost all users will 
experience frequent crashes regardless of their browsing habits.
>
>The master bug report can be found at 
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/247682
>
>Anyhow, I suppose the first step is blocking the update and getting a fix 
out. After, we can look at how this happened and what we need to do to 
reduce the risk of something similiar occuring again.
>
....
Everyone knows backports are crack and so ....

I am aware (I approved the backport) and as soon as I get somwhere that 
lends itslef to a stable IRC presence (less than an hour) I intend to hunt 
down an archive admin and deal with it.

Backports by design are risky and aggressive.  Sometimes they don't work 
out and we deal with it.  We actually don't want to prevent risk taking in 
backports, so please don't 'fix' the process.


Scott K