822937 - Don't use Java plugin (npjp2.dll) bundled with JavaFX

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Masahiro YAMADA]

Environment: Windows 7 32bit (With All update) , Firefox 19.0.1
JRE 7 update 10
JavaFX 2.1.1 (It contains Java plug-in of JRE 7 update 5)

Oracle added a feature to install of Java FX via auto-update at 7u5 and 7u6, and removed it at 7u6 (At 7u6, Java FX is included in JRE, not another application)

As a result of it , on some user's PC, two plug-ins are installed.

 1. C:\Program Files\Oracle\JavaFX 2.1 Runtime\bin\plugin2\npjp2.dll
 2. C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\plugin2\npjp2.dll 

Auto-update of JRE does not update plugin of Java FX .
As result of it, on some environment, Java plug-in in Java FX is still OLD, even if Java plug-in of JRE.

Expected Result
  When path of npjp2.dll is bundled with JavaFX , don't use it.
  And use plugin bundled with JRE 
Actual Result
  npjp2.dll is already registered to Firefox , Firefox uses it even if plugin in bundled with JRE exists and it is later than plugin bundled with Java FX.

Comment 1

[Scoobidiver (away)]

The Plugins/Java component is for Oracle's issues in case they monitor those bugs which I doubt.

Comment 3

[Virtual_ManPL [:Virtual] 🇵🇱 - (please needinfo? me - so I will see your comment/reply/question/etc.)]

I'm marking this bug as WONTFIX per bug #1269807.

For more information see - https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/