On Sat, 10 Mar 2018 11:45:00 +
Carmel NY <carmel...@outlook.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2018 06:17:30 +0100, Johannes Jost Meixner stated:
>
> >Hi Rene,
> >
> >What do you think about deprecating Skype ports?
> >
> >As far as I'm aware, Microsoft does not allow them to connect anymore,
> >thus they have become useless to keep.
> >
>
> There are at least a couple of URLs dealing with this:
>
> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/skype_linux-skype_startms-skype_installms/end-of-life-of-skype-for-linux-43/70fe7036-ddf3-4fa3-9c06-1bca3ec0226c
>
> https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34773/common-questions-with-skype-on-desktop-mac-and-linux
>
> The problem is that FreeBSD is still attempting to use a very old versions of
> Skype. Microsoft could never be held responsible for supporting older versions
> indefinitely, especially when updating is so easy on most systems.
>
> In truth, all of the "skype" ports should probably be removed since they don't
> or won't work for much longer, and the latest version of skype imported to the
> ports tree.
>
[stripped CC]
Where can I get the latest version ?
There is no need to remove skype4 port (yet). It works fine after sed(1) - I'm
using skype every day ;-)
also, 8.x is too buggy and looks ugly (i'm forced to use it on another laptop
with linux)
--
wbr, Sergey
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