[Bug 1313] Review Request : lightspark - An alternative Flash Player implementation

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Sun Aug 1 22:17:11 CEST 2010


http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1313





--- Comment #25 from Peter <pbrobinson at gmail.com>  2010-08-01 22:17:10 ---
(In reply to comment #24)
> (In reply to comment #23)
> > (In reply to comment #22)
> > 
> > > This is irrelevant here, you use flashblock or whatever the equivalent is on
> > > other browsers.
> > 
> > To give some context, I'm coming from a University setting with 1000+ Fedora
> > workstations and over 3000 users.
> > 
> > Gnash is out of the question for us (stability and support costs) but we are
> > finding lightspark promising. Flashblock etc. isn't really an option for us
> > either as it asks things of the users.
> > 
> > Easy enough for us to patch out the gnash requirement and put it in a local
> > repo though.
> > 
> > Just giving a different perspective.
> > 
> 
> Gnash is necessary for complete youtube support since lightspark doesn't
> support avm1 swfs.
> 
> We can remove gnash from the requirements, but then you will have to install it
> manually to have full youtube support.

I agree it shouldn't depend on it. I removed gnash long ago as its a CPU hog.
If the person wants open flash support for older videos its likely they'll
already have it installed. 


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