[05:46] <alkisg> Hi, would it be possible for me to `apt source adobe-flashplugin` for the last non-transitional version somehow? I'd like to rebuild it while removing the time bomb, and publish it to an internal apt repository for Greek schools, but I can't find it in launchpad anymore
[05:48] <RAOF> alkisg: You mean like https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adobe-flashplugin/1:20201013.1-0ubuntu1 ?
[05:49] <alkisg> RAOF: exactly,except it says "deleted" on that page
[05:50] <RAOF> Huh! So it does! Sorry I didn't notice that.
[05:50] <RAOF> I've not seen that happen before?
[05:51] <alkisg> I guess it's a coordinated effort to make flash disappear from the internet, and that's a good thing, but it should be allowed somehow for internal usage, we have tons of educational packages that still use it...
[05:51] <alkisg> New ones are being written using HTML5, but the old ones are still useful in many primary and secondary school courses
[05:52] <RAOF> Are any of the free reimplementations sufficiently good for your purposes?
[05:55] <alkisg> I've tested ruffle, some of packages display a starting screen with it, but I haven't managed to properly run any of them
[05:56] <alkisg> I haven't tested any of the other reimplementations, e.g. gnash isn't really developed anymore, do you have anything else in mind?
[05:56] <RAOF> Mainly I've seen Ruffle, but I also remember one between gnash and ruffle.
[05:56] <RAOF> I can't remember its name, though!
[05:57] <alkisg> lightspark?
[05:59] <alkisg> Hrm sorry I'm dumb, they're still there, downloading... http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/
[06:06] <jibel> JawnSmith, it's similar but don't remember if the symptoms are exactly the same.
[06:24] <alkisg> Great, the latest flash version, while removing the time bomb, runs everywhere from 12.04/i386 to 20.10/amd64 :)
[08:32] <RikMills> jibel: kubuntu ISO now starts ubiquity-dm, but what I did KDE side was a workaround and there is a 20+ second delay
[08:33] <RikMills> KDE devs say that ubiquity-dm really needs to do this for KDE as well: https://git.launchpad.net/ubiquity/tree/bin/ubiquity-dm#n501
[08:34] <RikMills> i.e. call dbus-update-activation-environment like that
[08:35] <jibel> RikMills, can you propose a patch?
[08:37] <RikMills> jibel: perhaps, after doing a bit of reading what is being done there