From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 16 03:36:58 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9B27106564A for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:36:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsimmons0@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59E018FC0A for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbon10 with SMTP id n10so4033361lbo.13 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:36:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=VrDr00BaxiU5RbCVSJqPHTn7xWllvJD6Wo5HUQqts2Q=; b=RM3OVYeZ4x41+cT+MivVq4G2fNYgfr/4N80ZPEdqljZikovR2Ir8fRZrMLLyVBNEHw i8jHkp+jWm+vxt/m+MZJhCKyRexwjUeDC2Xp1uPaik7DUUandB0Z4XY4lUsTr40IYmyW Y1H+tcw4jH566GbcJIaEMn5Rn13qhamTyfMgg4Wk0nvUqFSNgAj7az5LEWpwWkR4iKt4 hZ07xRHG3sE7omA+PBRlYrq+CO2rxaPk3SEi4wHKzdv4zrsGr/b4zIKJzjJaoZwiKWnJ stnbKfwudKhQtwOVd9fCwH98EuuJ5obl1JZENny/DZdCHThAsGxV9WkW8EW6X8Shr3P4 Pn5Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.84.65 with SMTP id w1mr3443811lby.40.1339817817166; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:36:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.107.170 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:36:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FDBE878.5010008@bluerosetech.com> References: <20120615130839.2bbb9d51@scorpio> <4FDBA4E7.40209@gmail.com> <4FDBE878.5010008@bluerosetech.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:36:56 -0400 Message-ID: From: Robert Simmons To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Skype 4.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:36:59 -0000 On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > On 2012-06-15 14:25, Robert Simmons wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Rich Neese =A0wrote: >>> >>> I just wish skype would get off their buts and make a bsd version. time >>> to break code and make a opensource version >> >> >> That's not the answer. =A0Really, everyone needs to move away from Skype >> altogether. =A0Use Blink. =A0It is a superior client and it uses SIP >> rather than Skype's network. =A0Making a FreeBSD port of it has been on >> my list of things to do for quite a while, I just haven't had the >> time. > > > Skype supports video calls. =A0According to AG Projects' website, Blink i= s a > VoIP app with IM features added, no video. =A0Is this not the case? I dislike video, so I have never even looked for that feature, but now that I'm looking, no it doesn't support video. I was curious, so I googled alternatives to Blink and I ran across Linphone. Has anyone used this? It exists in the FreeBSD ports collection, but is a few versions behind the current stable version from the project's website.