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On Tuesday, October 04, 2016 02:12:12 PM Raymond Jennings wrote: |
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> Please be advised that skype has been split off into two packages |
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> * skype remains for the "classic" version of skype |
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> * skypeforlinux is the new package name for microsoft's alpha version |
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> There were some version number snarls and it was decided that a split would |
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> be cleaner. |
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> Blame microsoft for giving their current version a lower number than the |
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> classic one. |
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Thank you for this note as I would probably have missed this. |
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I will test this on a VM until it leaves "alpha" status. |
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One little note: I don't think it's supposed to be possible to install both at |
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the same time. But it is currently possible. |
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I think it's because skype is not slotted and the dependency line in the |
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ebuild specifies slot "1" for skype. |
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