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 1I0MEP-0000l3-Ch for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:45:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l5IIieXS013001; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:44:40 GMT Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org (66-191-185-105.dhcp.gnvl.sc.charter.com [66.191.185.105]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l5IIgf1i010753 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:42:41 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A0B82480E2 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:31:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at twi-31o2.org Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gravity.twi-31o2.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id W2TjaWkbJ8d0 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:30:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.100.51] (dsl211-165-131.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [74.211.165.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19684248079 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:30:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: QA issue: No stable skype in Tree From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <46701D06.5080302@gentoo.org> <20070617140632.GB7280@localhost.localdomain> <20070617201008.66b1340c@maya> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Y+W4x5syg0nctwsg8Cm7" Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:39:26 -0700 Message-Id: <1182191966.14981.40.camel@workbox.quova.com> 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 2.10.1 X-Archives-Salt: 43018e6c-6412-4b23-b6d3-498d6425d263 X-Archives-Hash: 51a64aec8ec6a61672b7e29f84217bba --=-Y+W4x5syg0nctwsg8Cm7 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 06:01 +0100, Steve Long wrote: > Stephen Bennett wrote: > > Not everyone sees that as a reason not to use a potentially useful > > piece of software. We're not debian. >=20 > Could you clarify whether this is indeed a Gentoo QA issue, or in fact a > licensing issue? If the latter case, this discussion should prob'y go to > the new -project ml if and when, or indeed the user forums. The "problem" with skype is really a problem with our policy. The policy is really designed for open source software which we can actually "fix" when we find a problem. With the closed-source stuff, our policy should be a bit more lax since we're at the mercy of the upstream. Also, remember that our policy says that 30 days is *suggested* before stabilization. The maintainer has the authority to ask for stabilization sooner, even the same day the package is put into the tree, if there is sufficient reason for doing so. > As for potentially useful, so was Internet Explorer, last time I looked a= t > what you could do with its Object Model. I still ain't voting to bring it > to Gentoo.. ;) Please refrain from these kinds of "arguments" that have no technical bearing. Internet Explorer doesn't even *run* on Gentoo. If it did, it would likely be in the tree since quite a few people would likely use it, even if just for testing. I know that if I were able to test things on IE from Linux without having to fire up VMware that I would be quite happy. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee Gentoo Foundation --=-Y+W4x5syg0nctwsg8Cm7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGdtFekT4lNIS36YERAjyoAJwJFxqWdbEURhOWn7YxltbNbtogFgCfSxue duy0Fyy3FLdx8nY/Xhs9UtI= =oEI3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Y+W4x5syg0nctwsg8Cm7-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list