_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.
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