Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: maintainer-needed@ packages need you!

[Andrew Savchenko]

Hello,

On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:15:53 +0800 Patrick Lauer wrote:
> On Sunday 31 August 2014 11:39:22 hasufell wrote:
> > Martin Vaeth:
> > > hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
> > >> On 08/30/2014 02:35 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > >>> For net-im/skype,
> > >>
> > >> Screw skype.
> > >
> > > Please don't. Not all communication partners are linux users.
> >
> > Tox is multiplatform.
> >
> > >> We have tox [1] on the way.
> > >
> > > This is far from being ready, especially for non-specialists.
> > > It is not even foreseeable whether the Android client will ever
> > > be able to do at least audio. (So far, I was not even able to
> > > exchange any messages at all. It may be my mistakes, but
> > > if I am not able to do it, how could I expect this from casual
> > > computer users?)
> >
> > This has nothing to do with specialists. Tox is configuration-free.
> >
> > And sure, it's pre-alpha as indicated in my previous mail.
>
> So it doesn't work, but you feel the need to feel superior by telling everyone
> else that they are doing it wrong.

Can't agree with you here. I just tried tox (utox client) from
tox-overlay. Works like charm from the box, the only "unusual"
thing I did is keyword added to package.keywords in order to
install live ebuild.

I tested text messages, audio and video from double-nat environment
(where SIP clients can work only using stune and only some of them).

It should be noted that at least in Linux skype is much harder to
install and use since it requires pulseaudio and I don't use
that sh^W stuff. So skype reqires its own LXC container set up
which is doable, but costed me a day (with all tight isolation
stuff). And I even had not mentione that installation of skype
equals to trojan injection into the system (that's why I used all
that LXC and separate X server precautions).

Best regards,
Andrew Savchenko