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 1HzvRW-0006hh-AT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:09:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l5HE8QWN017198; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:08:26 GMT Received: from smtp6.libero.it (smtp6.libero.it [193.70.192.59]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l5HE6fuK015015 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:06:41 GMT Received: from smtp-out2.libero.it (192.168.32.26) by smtp6.libero.it (7.2.079) id 46740A8F00027D34 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:06:41 +0200 Received: from outrelay08.libero.it (172.31.0.124) by smtp-out2.libero.it (7.3.120) id 4611FD98051FEA5B for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:06:41 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AoQrAKbcdEaXJRo6UGdsb2JhbACBTo1dAQE/AQ Received: from adsl-58-26.37-151.net24.it (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([151.37.26.58]) by outrelay08.libero.it with ESMTP; 17 Jun 2007 16:06:38 +0200 Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 41E6830E9; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:06:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:06:32 +0200 From: _JusSx_ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] QA issue: No stable skype in Tree Message-ID: <20070617140632.GB7280@localhost.localdomain> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <46701D06.5080302@gentoo.org> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46701D06.5080302@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.13 X-Editor: GNU Emacs 21.4.2 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux X-Jabber-ID: jussx@jabber.org X-Archives-Salt: 75e001b8-4c64-4b79-a64a-edfdbaa3f1d2 X-Archives-Hash: 84d192aa747dd3d5489e7d7afc28b819 On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:36:22PM +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. > > I as Gentoo Dev and Skype Betatester was informed that starting on June > 19th Skype will no longer provide downloads for the 1.2 and 1.3 version, > and that means that 1.4 will be released some time before. For Gentoo > that means that starting from the 19th users on the stable profile will > not be able to install skype as no files will be available from upstream. > > So the thing is, as soon as Skype releases the 1.4 stable version I'm > going to have it in tree and we need to have it tested ASAP on the > stable profile. My thing is with the time between, we will have 5 days > tops or users will not be able to install. > > 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? > > -- > Gustavo Felisberto > (HumpBack) > Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~humpback > Blog: http://blog.felisberto.net/ > ------------ > It's most certainly GNU/Linux, not Linux. Read more at > http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html . > ------------- > > Let's remove it from portage. why should we use it? I run it for a bit I can say it's awful... it is closed-source, is not it? so I think it's better not to install it... -- Linux is only free if your time has no value Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list