On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 05:17:49PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > as has already been mentioned, just grab the tarball and install it > > yourself. > > > > But, you have reminded me... the release went final but the debian > > package hasn't been updated so it 1) can't find the file for download > > and 2) if you manually download it and rename it, it can't install > > because the md5 sum doesn't match... I'm off to check the bug reports > > and file one if needed. > > > > A > > Why are you all making such a big deal of this? If you're using > IceWeasel, all you have to do it hit any webpage that uses flash > (http://distrowatch.com for example) and click on the install missing > plugin icon. It will install Flash 9.0... at least it did for me. >
because if someone wants to set up a shiny new etch machine for mom/wife*/kid/whoever they want to install as much of that stuff as possible up front to minimise later "help-desk" calls. And if installing flash doesn't work out the door, then they have to jump through more hoops to make it work. Not to mention -- debian rocks and we hate to see anything tarnish its reputation! :) A
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