On 07/02/15 09:14, Marcus Meissner wrote:
On Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 01:21:47AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
Basil Chupin composed on 2015-02-07 16:53 (UTC+1100):
My wife and I are using 13.2 installed from the same DVD, and I update the systems daily using zypper.
Maybe you don't have the right repo enabled? Which Flash version is installed? I installed Flash with zypper several hours ago:
... Selecting 'flash-player-11.2.202.442-168.1.i586' from repository 'MultimediaApps' for installation. Resolving package dependencies... Force resolution: No
The following NEW package is going to be installed: flash-player 11.2.202.442-168.1 ...
The regular online update for 13.2 / 13.1 will be released today in some hours.
Ciao, Marcus
I came to post about the same issue, because it looks like this is going to become a regular thing (second time already). It's not so much a problem for me but for others who are unable to maintain their own system without external help. Such as my parents, who live in another country. For one reason or another, not least my being at their place for limited periods of time, I've never been able to get around to implementing remote desktop, but having their system auto-update would also be a risky business because there's been occasions in the past where an update has created new issues such as graphics crashes or the inability to login. I think the policy needs looking at. openSUSE might claim it's a new Firefox policy to prevent the plugin from running by default and so Mozilla should deal with it, whilst Firefox will probably advise that the distro is responsible for putting out updates in a timely manner. Meanwhile, Adobe will wash their hands of supplying Linux updates via their site saying that the fragmented Linux distro package ecosystem is the bottleneck. It's all very well for Windows users who, upon checking for the latest update, can install it directly, but when it has to come through the official distribution channels, and that process takes a couple of days or more, it's going to become unreasonable if that occurs once a month or whenever there's a new Flash vulnerability. I'm not complaining about the delay - I know openSUSE devs have things to do and two days isn't a disaster, rather that this is exactly the sort of crap situation that plagues Linux and shows us up in front of Basil's wife, my parents and all other 'regular computer users' who don't understand why this has to be a problem. Ultimately, I understand that the real problem is Flash and that it needs to die, but does its slow death have to inflict misery on us all like this? Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org