Just of note, the classic version seems to support cloud based chats now. There's been some conversions going on on the skype servers, and I reported a couple of bugs to microsoft which appear to have been recently fixed.
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Raymond Jennings <[email protected]> wrote: > My guess is that eventually it will be. Microsoft tends to be fond of > turfing old versions of its software *cough*windows10*cough* > > As the mantainer of a package with no patchable source code provided I'll > have little choice but to reflect the upstream reality as clearly as > possible. > > What I personally think would be nice: > > 1. A backend layer, OS specific, that handles low level details like > making network connections, writing to logs, opening audio/video devices > (mic, speakers, webcam) > 2. A skype layer, OS and GUI independent, that contains everything > related to skype's core stuff. Encryption, contact lists, group chats, > interfacing with the skype servers > 3. A frontend layer, OS specific, that handles window management, > keyboard input, clicking on menus, providing widgets, and so on. This > could factor in differences between windows, OSX, GNOME, KDE, GTK+, and the > like, all without compromising the portability of the middle or backend > layers. > > If Microsoft broke its skype code up like this it would be extremely easy > to maintain in a cross platform manner. > > This is how gallium3d was set up > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 6:33 AM, Daniel Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 10/04/2016 02:12 PM, Raymond Jennings wrote: >> > Please be advised that skype has been split off into two packages >> > >> > * skype remains for the "classic" version of skype >> > * skypeforlinux is the new package name for microsoft's alpha version >> > >> > There were some version number snarls and it was decided that a split >> > would be cleaner. >> > >> > Blame microsoft for giving their current version a lower number than the >> > classic one. >> Thanks for the heads-up. I saw it in a recent additions/removal email >> and checked eix but didn't see anything pointing out differences. >> >> Does MS have plans to force classic Skype to be obsolete? I hope not... >> -- >> Daniel Campbell - Gentoo Developer >> OpenPGP Key: 0x1EA055D6 @ hkp://keys.gnupg.net >> fpr: AE03 9064 AE00 053C 270C 1DE4 6F7A 9091 1EA0 55D6 >> >> >
