Promote adobe-flashplugin over flashplugin-installer

Gunnar Hjalmarsson gunnarhj at ubuntu.com
Fri Oct 28 14:24:46 UTC 2016


In the beginning of a desktop installation you are asked whether certain 
third-party software should be installed. If you check that option, and 
if I understand it correctly, the meta package ubuntu-restricted-extras 
will be installed and pull a few multiverse packages including 
flashplugin-installer.

However, the adobe-flashplugin package in Canonical Partner is a better 
option:

* While flashplugin-installer downloads the Flash plugin from a
   third-party source, adobe-flashplugin installs it directly, so the
   users will get updates (for security or other reasons) through the
   regular package updates.

* adobe-flashplugin installs the PPAPI plugin besides NPAPI.

Currently Canonical Partner is not enabled by default.

This is my idea:

* If the user checks the third-party software option when installing,
   then make the installer enable Canonical Partner.

* Change ubuntu-restricted-addons to recommend
   "adobe-flashplugin | flashplugin-installer" instead of just
   "flashplugin-installer".

Would this be doable? Any policy blockers?

-- 
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj



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