Re: [Gnash-dev] Mozilla thinks Gnash is "Outdated" and recommends updating to Adobe

[Micah Gersten]

On 02/11/2012 02:18 PM, John Gilmore wrote:
> 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    Status:  Outdated Version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?

This is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516166

Thanks,
MIcah