[Bug 1452542] Re: rhythmbox-mozilla should be suggested not recommended

[Iain Lane]

I think this makes sense. Thanks - pushed to bzr, will be in W soon.

** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

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Title:
  rhythmbox-mozilla should be suggested not recommended

Status in rhythmbox package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Most other NPAPI plugins have been dropped from the Ubuntu-family
  default install (totem - ubuntu,  gecko-mediaplayer - lubuntu), we
  should default to not having the rhytmbox-mozilla plugin installed as
  well.

  Reasoning:
  * privacy/tracking implications in including plugins [1]
   * NPAPI is being disabled in Chrome/Chromium [2] this does affect this indirectly as "real" iTunes will have to show it is installed another way (or hopefully they could just start using standards..)
   * Plugin support is being deprecated in Firefox and will trigger click-to-play, which AFAICT may make this itunes plugin useless.[3]

  Totem also just removed their browser plugins for the above and some
  technical reasons (the technical reasons don't seem applicable to the
  itunes plugin though) [3]

  (Also proposed upstream to just remove the support entirely, no
  response yet - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=729285)

  [1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/
  [2] https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/chromium-dev/xEbgvWE7wMk/D_07G2lftacJ
  [3] http://www.hadess.net/2014/04/good-bye-totem-browser-plugin.html 

  1) For 15.10+
  2) 3.1-1ubuntu3

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