What's happened to flashplugin?

[Dimitry Andric]

On 02 Jan 2017, at 11:05, Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2 at milibyte.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Both www/linux-c7-flashplugin24 and www/linux-c6-flashplugin24 appear
> to have been deleted from ports but I can't find information relating
> to why they've gone.

$ grep flashplugin /usr/ports/MOVED
www/linux-f8-flashplugin10||2011-04-04|Has expired: End of Life since Jan 7, 2009
www/flashplugin-mozilla||2011-09-30|gplflash is no longer supported, please use graphics/gnash
www/asterisk-fop||2011-09-30|Depends on www/flashplugin-mozilla which is DEPRECATED
www/linux-flashplugin7||2011-10-14|Vulnerable since at least 2008-05-30
www/linux-f10-flashplugin10|www/linux-f10-flashplugin11|2012-08-26|Has expired: has vulnerabilities and is EOL
www/linux-flashplugin9||2013-04-16|Has expired: Vulnerable, Broken for more than 6 months
www/linux-f10-flashplugin11|www/linux-flashplayer|2016-12-13|Removed upstream
www/linux-c6-flashplugin11|www/linux-flashplayer|2016-12-13|Removed upstream
www/linux-c7-flashplugin11|www/linux-flashplayer|2016-12-13|Removed upstream
www/linux-c6-flashplugin24|www/linux-flashplayer|2016-12-18|Renamed to match upstream
www/linux-c7-flashplugin24|www/linux-flashplayer|2016-12-18|Renamed to match upstream


> Is this deletion permanent or can we expect a flash plugin to reappear?

It's been renamed to www/linux-flashplayer.

-Dimitry

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