Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 11:45:00 +0000 From: Carmel NY <carmel_ny@outlook.com> To: Johannes Jost Meixner <johannes@perceivon.net> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Ladan?= <rene@FreeBSD.org>, "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deprecating Skype ports Message-ID: <BN6PR2001MB1730DCFE222DDBFF9B29FCA980DD0@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <bab6158f-8eac-dda8-736e-cb69f80f9d03@perceivon.net> References: <bab6158f-8eac-dda8-736e-cb69f80f9d03@perceivon.net>
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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-s= kype_installms/end-of-life-of-skype-for-linux-43/70fe7036-ddf3-4fa3-9c06-1b= ca3ec0226c https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34773/common-questions-with-skype-on-des= ktop-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 versi= ons indefinitely, especially when updating is so easy on most systems. In truth, all of the "skype" ports should probably be removed since they do= n't or won't work for much longer, and the latest version of skype imported to = the ports tree. --=20 Carmel
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