Thank you, On 11/27/2017 10:02 AM, R0b0t1 wrote: > Hello, > > On Monday, November 27, 2017, Jigme Datse Yli-RAsku > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> I know, that when I was trying to figure out just "what was supported" I >> actually wasn't getting good information... > > If it is keyworded it is "supported" unless you are using very niche > software. This does not mean anyone will be able to help you fix things > quickly.
I think that I wasn't really clear as to where I was looking, and what I meant by supported. I know that it runs, and that it works as expected in terms of Gentoo. What I was looking at was the Microsoft page, and what I saw there wasn't entirely clear. Looking again, I see they say "5.* is at end of life, and is being decommissioned as of now". This is all that is in the main gentoo repository. So, while it runs fine, it doesn't actually do what people would be installing it for (there are overlays which provide newer, and at least most recent major version, versions). > Unstable packages typically run well. I routinely fix issues by using > unstable or even unkeyworded packages over the stable versions. Most > issues arise when stable and unstable packages interact, usually due to > breaking interface changes. So, paradoxically, an unstable (or testing) > system can be more stable than a stable system. I have few problems with how well it runs. It's just that it fails to connect to the server. It appears often getting stuff like Skype to run we need to install from an overlay, or install manually. > If you fix an issue by using an unstable package you can request > stabilization. Sometimes people forget to do it. For a package like > Skype, though, I suspect it will be stabilized as soon as possible. I *could* be mistaken, we will need to update the versions available to get it to work. I have a suspicion that it isn't really being maintained. I'm not sure. I am having trouble finding "release history", as I can't see what comes between skypeforlinux 5.* and 8.*, and 8.* *seems* to have been released less than a month ago. I agree with what has been said. Microsoft has been very well known to break things for other operating systems, especially for "Microsoft" type stuff (as opposed to stuff that people don't really understand it is Microsoft unless they are very aware). Thank you everyone, I *think* this is solved. I haven't installed, or tested yet, but rion overlay is giving me what I need (at least it should). Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku
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