folgender auszug des unterabsatzes »Platform support« aus der aktuellen roadmap von Adobe verheißt bezüglich der zukunft des flashplayers unter Linux respektive des pakets flashplugin-nonfree anscheinend nicht wirklich vielversprechendes:
tja, was soll man letztendlich von derartigem halten? da ich ansonsten diesbezüglich nicht über allzu viel hintergrundwissen verfüge, vermag ich solche ankündigungen respektive deren tatsächlich zu erwartenden auswirkungen nur schwer abzuschätzen; vielleicht kann mir da ja der ein oder andere eine interpretationshilfe geben.Adobe roadmap hat geschrieben:
Linux:
Adobe has been working closely with Google to develop a single, modern API for hosting plug-ins within the browser. The PPAPI, code-named "Pepper", aims to provide a layer between the plug-in and browser that abstracts away differences between browser and operating system implementations. You can find more information on the Pepper API at http://code.google.com/p/ppapi/.
Because of this work, Adobe has been able to partner with Google in providing a "Pepper" implementation of Flash Player for all x86/64 platforms supported by the Google Chrome browser. Google will begin distributing this new Pepper-based Flash Player as part of Chrome on all platforms, including Linux, later this year.
For Flash Player releases after 11.2, the Flash Player browser plug-in for Linux will only be available via the "Pepper" API as part of the Google Chrome browser distribution and will no longer be available as a direct download from Adobe. Adobe will continue to provide security updates to non-Pepper distributions of Flash Player 11.2 on Linux for five years from its release.
Flash Player will continue to support browsers using non-"Pepper" plug-in APIs on platforms other than Linux.
Adobe will be providing a debug player implementation of the Flash Player browser plug-in on Linux, and will update this document once there are more details on how it will be distributed.