From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HyW6C-0002sw-AE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:53:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l5DGpIPq023860; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:51:19 GMT Received: from nemesis.fprintf.net (nemesis.fprintf.net [66.134.112.218]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l5DGnCuF021435 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:49:12 GMT Received: (qmail 5791 invoked by uid 210); 13 Jun 2007 12:49:11 -0400 Received: from 65.247.36.242 by nemesis (envelope-from , uid 201) with qmail-scanner-1.25st (clamdscan: 0.90.2/3411. spamassassin: 3.1.8. perlscan: 1.25st. Clear:RC:0(65.247.36.242):SA:0(-4.4/5.0):. Processed in 0.245236 secs); 13 Jun 2007 16:49:11 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 Received: from aa-gw.nexthop.com (HELO ?10.68.253.168?) (dang@fprintf.net@65.247.36.242) by nemesis.fprintf.net with SMTP; 13 Jun 2007 12:49:10 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] QA issue: No stable skype in Tree From: Daniel Gryniewicz To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <46701D06.5080302@gentoo.org> References: <46701D06.5080302@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:49:35 -0400 Message-Id: <1181753375.2998.19.camel@athena.fprintf.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.11.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d4d83c3e-294e-4fe0-8289-59be952adf11 X-Archives-Hash: 933f52e0d6619aaccd7e4d2bd5914a44 On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 17:36 +0100, Gustavo Felisberto wrote: > A little background info: Right now there are three versions of > net-im/skype in the tree: > > 1 - the 1.2 series (with a stable version) > 2- the 1.3 series also with a stable version > 3- the 1.4 series with a ~/hardmask version > > Also the skype license states that we cannot mirror it's files (this > will be need later) > > The 1.4 series will have a version released soon that skype wants to > become the standard stable version, it has many new features and better > audio quality. > > Suggestions: > 1- in the 19th remove skype < 1.4 from the tree > 2- Make < 1.4 ebuilds "empty" and leave them on the tree and ewarn the > users to use the unstable skype > > > The first option will trigger portage errors and prompt users to open > bugs until we have a stable 1.4, the second gives us a chance to explain > the issue. > > Any alternatives? > 3. Mask < 1.4 on the 19th with a descriptive message. That should have the effect of 1 and 2, without breaking anything necessarily? Sounds like we have a lose-lose situation here, and the best we can do is make it not horrible. Daniel -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list