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 1Hzzjm-0001gq-7r for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:44:34 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l5HIhRGl008633; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:43:27 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l5HIfOtg006313 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:41:25 GMT Received: from [192.168.0.104] (ip68-8-82-214.sd.sd.cox.net [68.8.82.214]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C3F64B39 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:41:24 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <46758047.3050608@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:41:11 -0700 From: Josh Saddler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070520) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] QA issue: No stable skype in Tree References: <46701D06.5080302@gentoo.org> <20070617140632.GB7280@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20070617140632.GB7280@localhost.localdomain> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF254BCEDF07426681BB7C2E0" X-Archives-Salt: 46059c62-1a0a-4b0c-be1b-b68643b599ad X-Archives-Hash: 973e620f8e1803d93c9f6f23c0beb503 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF254BCEDF07426681BB7C2E0 _JusSx_ wrote: > 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 bette= r >> audio quality. >> >> I as Gentoo Dev and Skype Betatester was informed that starting on Jun= e >> 19th Skype will no longer provide downloads for the 1.2 and 1.3 versio= n, >> 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 wil= l >> not be able to install skype as no files will be available from upstre= am. >> >> 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 expla= in >> the issue. >> >> Any alternatives? >> >> --=20 >> 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... As we've established earlier, being closed-source is not sufficient reason for removing any program from Portage; you should have read the rest of the thread. --------------enigF254BCEDF07426681BB7C2E0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGdYBS5aFMlhMsVyURAui3AJ9g1bXW4a/xs1zs2weCcDwNSqxcSACg4yxc OQESO7owPMXz2HA4t/qGRK4= =ZukC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF254BCEDF07426681BB7C2E0-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list