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Re: flashplugin-nonfree or mozilla-flashplugin?



On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:21:11 +0100, tv.debian@googlemail.com wrote:

> 07/11/2011 15:43, Camaleón wrote:
 
>> Mmmm... then here we have the difference between these two packages:
>> non- free's from Debian contains no plugin file but a script to fetch
>> the library from Adobe site while D-M's does contain the ".so" file :-)
>> 
>> 
>> 
> Another difference aside from the update policy is that d-m package
> ships additional files, like the "flash-player-properties" setting
> panel, the kde4 systemsettings integration. All are included in the
> original Adobe Flashplayer tarball, but flashplugin-nonfree only
> installs the plugin.
> There is a bug report requesting helper files installation, see #630223.

Yes, I think this was already noticed by the OP in his first post.
 
> In the end both packages ship the same crap, only d-m one ships it in a
> more polished and exhaustive way.

I cannot agree more. 

Anyway, I only get the library file and leave the rest. For GNOME users 
the addons are meaningless.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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