From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 1 07:31:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC0FD106564A for ; Sun, 1 May 2011 07:31:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gamato@users.sf.net) Received: from smtp-out3.iol.cz (smtp-out3.iol.cz [194.228.2.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 865F88FC21 for ; Sun, 1 May 2011 07:31:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from antivir5.iol.cz (unknown [192.168.30.212]) by smtp-out3.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C37DBC80EB; Sun, 1 May 2011 06:57:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (antivir5.iol.cz [127.0.0.1]) by antivir5.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38D321E8031; Sun, 1 May 2011 08:57:41 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at iol.cz Received: from antivir5.iol.cz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (antivir5.iol.cz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10224) with LMTP id b-aLayqnDakP; Sun, 1 May 2011 08:57:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from port7.iol.cz (unknown [192.168.30.97]) by antivir5.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 122A51E802F; Sun, 1 May 2011 08:57:41 +0200 (CEST) X-SBRS: None X-SBRS-none: None X-RECVLIST: MTA-OUT-IOL X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlojAJkDvU1asinI/2dsb2JhbAAMhT2gQ8R5hgAEjnmOJA Received: from 200.41.broadband11.iol.cz (HELO [192.168.11.3]) ([90.178.41.200]) by port7.iol.cz with ESMTP; 01 May 2011 08:57:40 +0200 Message-ID: <4DBD046B.6010106@users.sf.net> Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 08:57:47 +0200 From: mato User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.18) Gecko/20110424 SeaMonkey/2.0.13 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Jeremy References: <4DB60812.1000109@users.sf.net> <20110426002916.GF10901@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20110426002916.GF10901@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, itetcu@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: expiration of net/skype ?! 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: Sun, 01 May 2011 07:31:03 -0000 Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2011-Apr-26 01:47:30 +0200, martinko wrote: > >> So what is this deprecation and expiration of net/skype port please ?? >> > Whilst the Skype port still works, the version of Skype referenced by > the port is no longer available and later versions of Skype do not > (currently) work on FreeBSD. My reading of the Skype license suggests > that the FreeBSD Project cannot host the distfile without an agreement > with Skype. This means that someone who doesn't currently have the > Skype distfile cannot install the Skype port. > > I believe work is underway to support the currently available version > of Skype. > Ok, from my understanding it wouldn't be the first time a port distfile is not (easily) available yet the port itself works if one can get the distfile. And it's very easy to search successfully the interwebs for this particular distfile. In such a case I see no reason to remove the port if it works (under condition one gets the distfile). I myself have it (and I even host it privately). And reading mailing lists reveals there are many people using the port. In regards to new Skype version -- it's not available yet and from what I know it needs PulseAudio which may be a drawback for many. I personally would prefer this classic OSS version. So pls do not deprecate and surely do not remove the port! Thanks, Martin