[Mageia-dev] Adobe Flash player 11 Beta 1 in Cauldron

Sat Jul 16 10:07:36 CEST 2011

2011/7/16 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
+> On 16 July 2011 02:57, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
+>> Le vendredi 15 juillet 2011 à 11:10 +0300, Ahmad Samir a écrit :
+>>> Hello.
+>>>
+>>> As you've seen the thread, posted by Charles A Edwards, there's a new
+>>> version of flash which has native 64bit support, it's still in beta
+>>> but seems to work well, some questions:
+>>> - Any objections about offering it in mga1?
+>>
+>> Yes, I do.
+>> That's a beta, and stable is not a dumping ground for that.
+>>
+>
+> Right, let's do a head count:
+> Mageia 64bit users who are using the 64bit Adobe Flash 11 Beta 1,
+> please raise your hand (my hand is raised already, I've been using it
+> for 2-3 days).
+
+Same here.
+
+> The point, if there's no other easy way to watch flash for 64bit users
+> without jumping through hoops (using nspluginwrapper, which is
+> occasionally problematic, or using a 32bit browser on an x86_64
+> system, which entails installing some more 32bit libs), there's a good
+> chance they'll use flash 11, alpha/beta/rc is still better than the
+> hoops.
+>
+> Also we're talking about pushing it to backports, not updates.
+>
+> Anyway, since I am personally not affected by the whole issue, I am
+> not pushing to submit to mga1, do a poll or whatever, when a consensus
+> is reached we can act accordingly.
+
+Yes, sure, no need to hurry.
+For those who do not know how to install it from the Adobe site
+somebody already posted a HowTo in the forum. So, a Mageia package
+will only be needed for those who can not read, all others will
+already have it installed by then.
+
+But what do I know about technical things....
+
+-- 
+wobo
+