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On Tuesday, October 04, 2016 11:39:44 PM Raymond Jennings wrote: |
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> On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 10:51 PM, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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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 |
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> > 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 |
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> > both at |
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> > the same time. But it is currently possible. |
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> I actually do it that way on purpose. |
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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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> By design. I removed the slotting after splitting the package. |
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> And I made this announcement becuase I'm the current proxy maintainer for |
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> both packages. |
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Ok, are you sure you don't risk corruption of the database files (under |
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~/.Skype) if both versions are running simultaneously? |
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That is what I would be afraid of if both are installed at the same time. |
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Joost |
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