[Gnash-dev] Mozilla thinks Gnash is "Outdated" and recommends updating to Adobe

[John Gilmore]

In Firefox on Linux, I tried the Mozilla "plugin check" available from:

  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

It's also linked from inside Mozilla in the "Tools->Add-Ons" page in
the Plugins tab ("Check to see if your plugins are up to date").

It reports:

  Potentially vulnerable plugins:

  Shockwave Flash
Shockwave Flash 10.1 r999.
Gnash 0.8.10, the GNU SWF Player. Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 
2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Gnash comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may 
redistribute copies of Gnash under the terms of the GNU General Public License. 
For more information about Gnash, see http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash.
Compatible Shockwave Flash 10.1 r999.

  Status:  Outdated Version
  Action:  [Update]

Pressing [Update] tries to download Adobe flash (I didn't follow
through to see what happens if I try).

It should instead be checking against versions of the Gnash plugin,
not the Adobe plugin!

        John

PS:  Is this because there's now a Flash 11 or 12, and we only claim
compatability with Flash 10.1?