> gnash is not only installed with KDE, from what I see as its > installation is triggerred by the desktop task, that's common to KDE > and GNOME, at least. > > It is triggerred by "browser-plugin-gnash". > > What do you suggest as alternative? I don't think it is a good idea to > not provide any flash-enabled web browser.
Unfortunately the Free Software community has not yet developed stable flash player, therefore I suggest to avoid installing _unstable_ software by default. The rule of thumb is to avoid regressions in general, and crashes in particular. If a particular (even necessary) component is not ready it should not be pushed into a default desktop installation. It can be provided with a "BETA" or "technical preview" label for advanced users to install manually. In many cases, the lack of flash player will _improve_ user experience: www.amd.com and www.google.com/finance are two examples; If they detect browser without flash, they give the user static version of the content. With gnash -- it just crash. Therefore I suggest to remove "gnash" from the "desktop-task", and put a "BETA" tag in the package description for the near point release (6.0.4). And later make some serious review of this package for Wheezy, before deciding to re-include it by default. (I will help with the testing) -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOJ6w=HNs=EBz70mDqbgquykn=jlwpigbayjzo6b6cvkcee...@mail.gmail.com
