The Forgotten "F": A Tale of Fedora's Foundations

[Miloslav Trmač]

2014-04-22 21:31 GMT+02:00 Eric H. Christensen <sparks at fedoraproject.org>:

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> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 08:33:55PM +0200, Miloslav Trmač wrote:
> > I find it difficult to believe that "most users" [don't have Flash
> > installed].  AFAIK there is no data to say either way, and anecdotal
> > evidence from around here isn't supportive.
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> Well, since we're talking about Flash, Adobe has decided to not support
> the Linux version of Flash.  In fact, updates have happened to Flash and
> the existing Flash package available through Adobe hasn't been updated.


Citation please?
http://helpx.adobe.com/en/flash-player/release-note/fp_13_air_13_release_notes.htmlshows
the latest security update has been released in the 11.2 Linux
desktop version at the same day as the 13 non-Linux version.

And even if it were true, I *still* think that most users have it
installed—vulnerable or not; it's just so valuable for many users that the
question of security update availability doesn't even arise.[1]
    Mirek

[1] ... which may quickly change if there were a media-worthy worm using it
to propagate. Don't expect perfect rationaliy...
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