Install flash 9

[Richard Mancusi]

On 7/20/07, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 07/20/2007 04:19 PM, Richard Mancusi wrote:
> > On 7/20/07, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Please don't do that. The Ubuntu flashplugin-nonfree is 9.0.31 which is
> >> a security issue and is seriously outdated. The current version is
> >> 9.0.48, so please install directly using the directions that Lee provided.
> >>
> >
> > If you have "Proposed updates" enabled, today's update via Update
> > Manager has:
> >
> > Version 9.0.48.0.0ubuntu1~7.04.1
> >
> > Looks o.k. to me - what am I missing?
> >
> > -rich
> >
>
> Proposed updates is not typical.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuUpdates
> <quote>
> Proposed updates
>
> The proposed updates are updates which are waiting to be moved into the
> recommended updates queue after some testing. They may never reach
> recommended or they may be replaced with a more recent update.
>
> Enabling this is reasonable if you want to participate in testing minor
> updates, or know that your specific problem has been solved here but the
> package hasn't reached recommended yet.
> </quote>
>
> It's highly unlikely that *most* Ubuntu users will have this enabled,
> and will not think of looking for 9.0.48 there.
>

Although I agree that "*most*" won't have it enabled - perhaps they
should.  This allows you to review and decide.  In reality (in this case)
you ARE installing the proposed update via a different and more
complicated route.  The difference is that you didn't know it was
proposed - merely that it was recommended on the list.  I would much
rather know it's true origin.

-rich