On 2015-09-13, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun 13 Sep 2015 at 01:04:27 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > >> On 2015-09-12, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: >> > On Sat 12 Sep 2015 at 20:21:40 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: >> > >> >> On 2015-09-11, Paul van der Vlis <p...@vandervlis.nl> wrote: >> >> > Op 09-09-15 om 23:43 schreef Liam O'Toole: >> >> >> >> >> >> I've been using Flash from deb-multimedia for years without issue (on >> >> >> stable releases, I grant you). I use the following pinning: >> >> >> >> >> >> Package: * >> >> >> Pin: release o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages >> >> >> Pin-Priority: 100 >> >> > >> >> > I don't know what this is doing, do you? >> >> >> >> Yes. When a package is available in both debian and deb-multimedia, the >> >> former is always preferred. >> > >> > Except when you use "Flash from deb-multimedia for years". >> >> I don't follow. Could you please explain? > > I was pointing out the apparent contradiction in advising the Debian > archives over the deb-multimedia ones and not taking it yourself. It > was not really that important to mention. :)
Ah, I see. I use deb-multimedia when a package is not available in debian, or when the deb-multimedia package uses (what I consider to be) a superior approach to the packaging of non-free software. Hence my preference for flashplayer-mozilla over flashplugin-nonfree. -- Liam
