Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:10:23 +0300 From: "Sergey V. Dyatko" <sergey.dyatko@gmail.com> To: Carmel NY <carmel_ny@outlook.com> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deprecating Skype ports Message-ID: <20180314151023.38a732d7@laptop.minsk.domain> In-Reply-To: <BN6PR2001MB1730DCFE222DDBFF9B29FCA980DD0@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> References: <bab6158f-8eac-dda8-736e-cb69f80f9d03@perceivon.net> <BN6PR2001MB1730DCFE222DDBFF9B29FCA980DD0@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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On Sat, 10 Mar 2018 11:45:00 +0000 Carmel NY <carmel_ny@outlook.com> wrote: > 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. > [stripped CC] Where can I get the latest version ? There is no need to remove skype4 port (yet). It works fine after sed(1) - I'm using skype every day ;-) also, 8.x is too buggy and looks ugly (i'm forced to use it on another laptop with linux) -- wbr, Sergey
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