From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 1 07:22:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED38E1065676; Sun, 1 May 2011 07:22:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gamato@users.sf.net) Received: from smtp-out4.iol.cz (smtp-out4.iol.cz [194.228.2.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B4418FC1B; Sun, 1 May 2011 07:22:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from antivir6.iol.cz (unknown [192.168.30.215]) by smtp-out4.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29CCFCE417C; Sun, 1 May 2011 07:22:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (antivir6.iol.cz [127.0.0.1]) by antivir6.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165D0720035; Sun, 1 May 2011 09:22:36 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at iol.cz Received: from antivir6.iol.cz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (antivir6.iol.cz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10224) with LMTP id e-0wd0dOAvsj; Sun, 1 May 2011 09:22:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from port6.iol.cz (unknown [192.168.30.96]) by antivir6.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5486720032; Sun, 1 May 2011 09:22:35 +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: AlojADwJvU1asinI/2dsb2JhbAAMhT2gQ8U2hgAEjnmOJA Received: from 200.41.broadband11.iol.cz (HELO [192.168.11.3]) ([90.178.41.200]) by port6.iol.cz with ESMTP; 01 May 2011 09:22:35 +0200 Message-ID: <4DBD0A42.2060207@users.sf.net> Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 09:22:42 +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: "Jason J. Hellenthal" References: <4DB60812.1000109@users.sf.net> <20110427034602.GA80558@DataIX.net> In-Reply-To: <20110427034602.GA80558@DataIX.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: expiration of net/skype ?! X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 07:22:38 -0000 Jason J. Hellenthal wrote: > martinko, > > Hi, Ive read your post below and the following two messages on this > among other messages regarding the deprecation of ports. > > One thing that should be noted is that once the deprecation process is > done and over and the port nolonger becomes part of the tree, you are > still more than able and welcome to keep the distfiles you have as well > checkout just the port directory in question that you are worried about > to a seperate place other than the ports tree to maintain it locally. > > The port may not exactly be in the snapshot tree but just because of > that does not mean it will not work for you from a different location. > > Also note that it may actually be good practice for those that need to > use those ports but are unsure of exactly what it involves to upkeep > them. It could lead you to another time where you might be interested in > being the maintainer for that port. > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 01:47:30AM +0200, martinko wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> So what is this deprecation and expiration of net/skype port please ?? >> I'm asking because I've been using it successfully for more than a year >> and installed it again just this weekend without any issue. And I've >> read in the mailing lists many others use it too. So why all that >> black-listing ? Should I copy the port to my home folder for future >> installations ? Or can I / we do something about keeping it in the >> ports tree ? I would surely appreciate if it could stay there. >> >> Hi Jason, Sure I can do it and it was part of my original question. The thing is that it's not only about myself -- whenever I would install FreeBSD (or PC-BSD) to someone and they would ask about Skype (which is very often) I would have to get the old port and distfile, which complicates things just a bit more. Also new users checking on what FreeBSD provides find that Skype is deprecated and that may be one more reason for them to avoid FreeBSD. I believe the project should make it easier, not more difficult, for people to get onboard. Even Linux distributions that want to keep their main repos clean of non-free software have "problematic" stuff in a "non-free" repo easily available. Regards, Martin