[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping flashplugin x86_64

[Loui Chang]

On Tue 15 Jun 2010 18:23 +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 15.06.2010 18:22, schrieb Andreas Radke:
> > Am Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:12:38 +0300
> > schrieb Ionuț Bîru <biru.ionut at gmail.com>:
> >> the current x86_64 version of flashplugin has security problems and 
> >> adobe dropped/temporally closed x86_64 releases.
> >>
> >> How do we manage this situation?
> >> Only dropping from repo?
> >> Should we submit an empty package?
> >> Suggest our users to remove their package if they consider security 
> >> important?
> > 
> > We should post a news item about this so the users may decide to remove
> > it or keep it. Another option could be shipping a dummy empty -1.1 pkg
> > for x86_64 with a small post.install msg.
> 
> I'll keep this installed despite the security problem. Combined with
> flashblock, I can at least watch youtube this way. Force-removing it by
> a dummy update is something I don't want.

Yeah forced removal is not the Arch Way.
An announcement would be much better.