Re: request for exception to policy 10.7.3

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2014-10-12 10:02, Bart Martens wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:01:39AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote:
>> [...]
>> Beyond chromium needing to migrate, is this solution missing something?
> 
> No, nothing else is needed.
> 
> I see now two alternative approaches :
> 
> 1. Modify pepperflashplugin-nonfree to never violate policy 10.7.3, and close
> bug 760388.  As a consequence, pepperflashplugin-nonfree becomes useless for
> users of an older version of chromium.  I can make that explicit by adding
> "Conflicts: chromium (< 37.0.2062.120-4)".
> 
> 2. Keep pepperflashplugin-nonfree as it is now (1.7), tolerating that it still
> violates policy 10.7.3 for old versions of chromium, and close bug 760388
> because it won't violate policy 10.7.3 for new versions of chromium, so
> somewhat bending policy on this.  As a consequence, pepperflashplugin-nonfree
> remains useful for users of older and newer chromium versions.
> 
> I guess you prefer approach 1 ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bart Martens
> 
> 

Yes, I believe we would greatly prefer the 1) listed above.

~Niels