Hi ,
this would be really great as sometimes, we have to ak new users to enable the partner repo to install skype or adobe-flashplugin , which is not easy.
this leads to another question : Why does adobe plugin cannot go in restricted ?
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<------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> 2016-10-28 16:24 GMT+02:00 Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj@ubuntu.com>:
In the beginning of a desktop installation you are asked whether certain third-party software should be installed. If you check that option, and if I understand it correctly, the meta package ubuntu-restricted-extras will be installed and pull a few multiverse packages including flashplugin-installer.
However, the adobe-flashplugin package in Canonical Partner is a better option:
* While flashplugin-installer downloads the Flash plugin from a
third-party source, adobe-flashplugin installs it directly, so the
users will get updates (for security or other reasons) through the
regular package updates.
* adobe-flashplugin installs the PPAPI plugin besides NPAPI.
Currently Canonical Partner is not enabled by default.
This is my idea:
* If the user checks the third-party software option when installing,
then make the installer enable Canonical Partner.
* Change ubuntu-restricted-addons to recommend
"adobe-flashplugin | flashplugin-installer" instead of just
"flashplugin-installer".
Would this be doable? Any policy blockers?
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