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Thank you, |
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On 11/27/2017 10:02 AM, R0b0t1 wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> On Monday, November 27, 2017, Jigme Datse Yli-RAsku |
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> <jigme.datse@×××××××××××××××.com |
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> <mailto:jigme.datse@×××××××××××××××.com>> wrote: |
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>> I know, that when I was trying to figure out just "what was supported" I |
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>> actually wasn't getting good information... |
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> If it is keyworded it is "supported" unless you are using very niche |
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> software. This does not mean anyone will be able to help you fix things |
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> quickly. |
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I think that I wasn't really clear as to where I was looking, and what I |
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meant by supported. I know that it runs, and that it works as expected |
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in terms of Gentoo. What I was looking at was the Microsoft page, and |
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what I saw there wasn't entirely clear. |
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Looking again, I see they say "5.* is at end of life, and is being |
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decommissioned as of now". This is all that is in the main gentoo |
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repository. So, while it runs fine, it doesn't actually do what people |
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would be installing it for (there are overlays which provide newer, and |
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at least most recent major version, versions). |
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> Unstable packages typically run well. I routinely fix issues by using |
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> unstable or even unkeyworded packages over the stable versions. Most |
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> issues arise when stable and unstable packages interact, usually due to |
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> breaking interface changes. So, paradoxically, an unstable (or testing) |
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> system can be more stable than a stable system. |
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I have few problems with how well it runs. It's just that it fails to |
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connect to the server. It appears often getting stuff like Skype to run |
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we need to install from an overlay, or install manually. |
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> If you fix an issue by using an unstable package you can request |
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> stabilization. Sometimes people forget to do it. For a package like |
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> Skype, though, I suspect it will be stabilized as soon as possible. |
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I *could* be mistaken, we will need to update the versions available to |
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get it to work. I have a suspicion that it isn't really being |
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maintained. I'm not sure. I am having trouble finding "release |
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history", as I can't see what comes between skypeforlinux 5.* and 8.*, |
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and 8.* *seems* to have been released less than a month ago. |
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I agree with what has been said. Microsoft has been very well known to |
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break things for other operating systems, especially for "Microsoft" |
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type stuff (as opposed to stuff that people don't really understand it |
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is Microsoft unless they are very aware). |
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Thank you everyone, I *think* this is solved. I haven't installed, or |
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tested yet, but rion overlay is giving me what I need (at least it should). |
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Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku |
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