Re: [gentoo-dev] Package up for grab

[Daniel Campbell]

On 08/03/2016 08:54 AM, M wrote:
> The new "skype alpha" works without pulseaudio on my system, not sure if
> it works WITH pulseaudio ;)
>
> I am not able to make calls with and it feels kind of laggy compare.
> Depending on the browser version it might have even more limitations.
> That is why I switched to "skype alpha"
>
> "Skype Alpha" started with a complete new version-number, so the latest
> version would be "1.0.xxx".
>
> In the announcement it is said that making calls with the old (4.0.xx)
> version will not work anymore. So we could drop the old version as the
> web version provides as many features as.
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 3. August 2016 16:10:45 MESZ, schrieb Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o>:
>
>     On 08/03/2016 05:13 AM, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
>
>         On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 08:58:24 -0300 Guilherme Amadio wrote:
>
>             On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 11:15:30AM +0800, Jason Zaman wrote:
>
>                 On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 04:08:34PM -0700, Jigme Datse
>                 Rasku wrote:
>
>                     I'd have to say, there is likely a reason we are
>                     looking for a new
>                     maintainer. I don't know what is involved, but I
>                     might be interested.
>                     Might be wanting to start that direction...
>
>
>                 There is a new alpha skype for linux too now that should
>                 be looked into.
>                 I have no idea how stable it is but it's probably not
>                 much worse than
>                 what we currently have :P.
>
>                 https://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Skype-for-Linux-Alpha-and-calling-on-Chrome-amp-Chromebooks/td-p/4434299
>
>
>             There is also a web version at https://web.skype.com for
>             those that feel
>             that installing the desktop client is too much of a hassle.
>             I've moved
>             to Google Hangouts long ago, though, and never looked back.
>
>
>         Lucky you... I also moved to sip and tox ages ago, but... there are
>         some people that use nothing but skype. That is the problem.
>
>         Best regards,
>         Andrew Savchenko
>
>     Indeed. The network effect is unfortunately powerful. I think if Tox can
>     get
>     past a few key hurdles, adoption will be less of a hassle. All it
>     needs is feature parity with video, voice, and file sharing. Of course,
>     doing that with end-to-end encryption *and* with as little latency and
>     bandwidth use as realistic is difficult.
>
>     But I try it out every now and then to see if I could convince my family
>     to switch to it. In my experience people don't fully understand or value
>     digital privacy until you explain to them what could be done with the
>     structure of applications like Skype (going through a central server).
>
>     If they ever reach the point of understanding that, it's easier to get
>     them to simply try Tox or another alternative.
>
>
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I was just on Skype using video chat last night, the old 4.x version
that the ebuild ships.

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