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From: Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Skype users
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 13:34:14
Message-Id: b557a577-3e96-4233-7aa1-2eb0c696c6fe@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Skype users by Raymond Jennings
1 On 10/04/2016 02:12 PM, Raymond Jennings wrote:
2 > Please be advised that skype has been split off into two packages
3 >
4 > * skype remains for the "classic" version of skype
5 > * skypeforlinux is the new package name for microsoft's alpha version
6 >
7 > There were some version number snarls and it was decided that a split
8 > would be cleaner.
9 >
10 > Blame microsoft for giving their current version a lower number than the
11 > classic one.
12 Thanks for the heads-up. I saw it in a recent additions/removal email
13 and checked eix but didn't see anything pointing out differences.
14
15 Does MS have plans to force classic Skype to be obsolete? I hope not...
16 --
17 Daniel Campbell - Gentoo Developer
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