[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#905602: libjs-jquery-uploadify: Please drop libjs-jquery-uploadify or replace its libjs-swf* dependencies

[Niels Thykier]

Package: libjs-jquery-uploadify
Version: 12-1
Severity: serious
Control: block 900106 by -1

Hi,

The (part of the?) Flash player stack appears to be obsolete,
unmaintained and RC buggy.  To my knowledge, the only active plans are
to remove the flash tooling.  This brings us to libjs-jquery-uploadify
which depends on libjs-swf* and in turn mtasc.

Please remove the libjs-swf* dependencies from libjs-jquery-uploadify
(if possible) or remove the binary itself (AFAICT, nothing in testing
or unstable depends on it).  The alternative is that someone takes
over maintenance of the flash stack (presumably, also upstream).

Thanks,
~Niels