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
>
The hardy release versions have been uploaded to backports with 
...really... version numbers so users can just upgrade out of the problem.  
Coming soon to a mirror near you.

Scott K