Bug#349064: ITP: flash-plugin -- installer for Macromedia Flash Plugin

[Bart Martens <bart.martens@advalvas.be>]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:54:41PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:00:52PM +0100, Bart Martens wrote:
> > The Debian package flash-plugin is meant as an alternative or as a
> > replacement for flashplugin-nonfree.
> 
> This seems like an incredible waste. Can't you work together with the
> flashplugin-nonfree maintainer to get the bugs fixed and the functionality
> added?

I agree.  I've contacted the flashplugin-nonfree maintainer repeatedly,
but no reaction at all.

On the other hand, flashplugin-nonfree has some history.  To me, debugging
it seems "an incredible waste" compared to how simple the rewrite is.

Regards,

Bart Martens