Re: Iceweasel disables Java plugin, demands non-Debian package
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:46:02 -0400, Carl Fink wrote:
> If I want to use Java applets (needed, for instance, to watch PBS
> video), I can install icedtea-7-plugin, which depends on openjdk.
>
> Then Iceweasel disables it with no option to re-enable it and says, "For
> your safety, Firefox has disabled your outdated version of Java. Please
> upgrade to the latest version."
> (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/)
Because of this, I guess:
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/04/02/blocking-java/
Curiously, I'm running an old version of the java plugin (lenny) but it
has not been disabled:
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> So for Debian, Iceweasel demands a plugin which Debian no longer
> supports, since the sun-java package has been deprecated.
>
> This seems like a bad thing.
>
> Should I file a bug?
>
> Using Wheezy.
There's a bug report opened with some comments on this:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739955#c65
Maybe is just something needs to be updated :-?
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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