Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:12:58 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> To: erob@gthcfoundation.org Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD not so free anymore ? Long live FreeBSD... Message-ID: <CADLo838zh%2B%2Batry6R-t6_8tiSJ4-UKeTmTnkp6RsrDMn8G-DOg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FDB7698.2010207@gthcfoundation.org> References: <20120615130839.2bbb9d51@scorpio> <4FDB7698.2010207@gthcfoundation.org>
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On 15 June 2012 18:53, Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com> wrote: > On 06/15/2012 01:08 PM, Jerry wrote: >> >> Skype 4.0 for Linux is now available. Is there any possibility of >> getting it ported to FreeBSD? The latest version in ports is only >> 2.x. > > > > Why not? Thinking FreeBSD could become immune to remote exploits is absur= d. > > So without much efforts =A0I can guess ports like Skype will become more > widespread now that FreeBSD has gived up on network security, preferring = to > announce critical security vulnerabilities once the exploit has been > confirmed without any warnings. > > A good reason to stop using this bloated OS if you ask me and use > something more respectful to their users base relaying on STABLE for > stability reasons... > New versions of Skype require ALSA. This is at their insistence. Chris
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