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Remove flash dependency from kubuntu-restricted-addons?
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Ubuntu and other favours did this a while back

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-restricted-addons/+bug/1709166

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-restricted-addons/25

  • Drop Adobe Flash as it will be EOL before end of next LTS

I believe we did have some discussion of this at the time, and either said leave it, or did not make a firm decision.

Have added a launchpad bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-restricted-addons/+bug/1751752

I think it is appropriate to re-visit this discussion before be go to beta.

Flash will remain in the archive and be installable should one wish.

rikmills created this task.Feb 26 2018, 9:43 AM
rikmills added a comment.Feb 26 2018, 10:12 AM

+1 from yofel in IRC

rikmills updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 26 2018, 10:30 AM
franklin added a subscriber: franklin.Feb 26 2018, 11:56 AM

Unless it can be available from old or other repository, I prefer to keep it until its EOL, since though fewer and fewer, there are still some important sites unable to work without it. Such condition is still serious in Taiwan.

rikmills added a comment.EditedFeb 26 2018, 12:01 PM
In T8088#130546, @franklin wrote:

Unless it can be available from old or other repository, I prefer to keep it until its EOL, since though fewer and fewer, there are still some important sites unable to work without it. Such condition is still serious in Taiwan.

It will still be in the archive and installable. Just not installed by default as a dependency of the restricted addons package.

franklin added a comment.Feb 26 2018, 12:03 PM
In T8088#130548, @rikmills wrote:

It will still be in the archive and installable. Just not installed by default with the restricted addons package.

If so, then +1.

rikmills renamed this task from Remove flash from kubuntu-restricted-addons? to Remove flash dependency from kubuntu-restricted-addons?.Feb 26 2018, 12:04 PM
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aaronhoneycutt added a subscriber: aaronhoneycutt.Feb 26 2018, 2:59 PM

+1 for the removal of it.

ngraham added a subscriber: ngraham.Feb 26 2018, 3:05 PM

+1 from me too.

rikmills closed this task as Resolved.Feb 27 2018, 10:00 AM
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With a +4 from KC and no objections, this happened.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-restricted-addons/26

Changelog

ubuntu-restricted-addons (26) bionic; urgency=medium

  • Update Kubuntu recommends
    • Drop Adobe Flash (LP: #1751752)
    • k3b now provides libk3b7-extracodecs, so update recommends to this version
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