On Tue 15 Jun 2010 18:23 +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 15.06.2010 18:22, schrieb Andreas Radke: > > Am Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:12:38 +0300 > > schrieb Ionuț Bîru <biru.ionut@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> the current x86_64 version of flashplugin has security problems and > >> adobe dropped/temporally closed x86_64 releases. > >> > >> How do we manage this situation? > >> Only dropping from repo? > >> Should we submit an empty package? > >> Suggest our users to remove their package if they consider security > >> important? > > > > We should post a news item about this so the users may decide to remove > > it or keep it. Another option could be shipping a dummy empty -1.1 pkg > > for x86_64 with a small post.install msg. > > I'll keep this installed despite the security problem. Combined with > flashblock, I can at least watch youtube this way. Force-removing it by > a dummy update is something I don't want. Yeah forced removal is not the Arch Way. An announcement would be much better.
