[Mozilla Enterprise] Install location of Flash plugin on Linux for ESR 78 ?

[Mike Kaply]

I didn't mean to send this to the whole list, but I did. So everyone can
take a look and let me know what you think :).

Mike

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:54 AM Mike Kaply <mkaply at mozilla.com> wrote:

> Hey, you seem like a perfect candidate to review something for me if you
> have a chance. We're introducing an enterprise release notes document. Let
> me know what you think:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h8jc2ClAiNqnPsHvGXOiBy4kmSEY4xZXljjvqcOx8Ao/edit?usp=sharing
>
> I've added you as a commenter if you have any suggestions.
>
> This first one is a little dense because it covers 68 to 78.
>
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:19 AM James Pearson <james-p at moving-picture.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks - that works!
>>
>> James Pearson
>>
>> Mike Kaply wrote:
>> >
>> > Apparently it was deliberate. See
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1580282
>> >
>> > MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH was brought back to work around it:
>> >
>> > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1602308
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 8:02 AM James Pearson <
>> james-p at moving-picture.com<mailto:james-p at moving-picture.com>> wrote:
>> > I notice the first 'candidate' release of ESR 78 is available via
>> > http://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/candidates/78.0esr-candidates/
>> >
>> > I've installed ESR 78 on Linux (x86_64) plus the latest Flash plugin
>> > under browser/plugins/ in the Firefox install directory - which is where
>> > I've put it for all previous installs of ESR - but the plugin is not
>> found
>> >
>> > If I put it in ~/.mozilla/plugins/ or /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/, then it
>> > is found
>> >
>> > So I'm guessing that the browser/plugins/ location under the install
>> > directory has been removed as a possible location for plugins - anyone
>> > know why? Is this a 'bug' or a 'feature' ?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > James Pearson
>>
>
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