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>
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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-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. -- Carmelhome | help
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