Subject: Re: Netscape package and 'flash' shockwave plugin
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/21/1999 10:49:29
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:38:13 -0700 (PDT) 
 David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com> wrote:

 >c) Add a new 'ns-flash' package.
 >   Much more extensible in the long run. Would want to share
 >   plugin dir between communicator and navigator, and would
 >   also want to depend on _either_ navigator and communicator
 >   package (I don't know if we can do this?)
 > 
 >  So... a) or b) are easy, c) is a can of worms :)

I vote for (c).

 >  For non i386 users - apologies. At some point I'm sure we'll
 >  switch the sparc port across to the solaris netscape binary
 >  at which point the solaris flash plugin will work. None of this
 >  helps my arm32 box :/

...and if there's a Digital UNIX flash plugin, you can add it for
the Alpha port. :-)

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>