On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:12:58 +0100 Chris Rees articulated: >On 15 June 2012 18:53, Etienne Robillard <animelo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 06/15/2012 01:08 PM, Jerry wrote: >>> >>> Skype 4.0 for Linux is now available. Is there any possibility of >>> getting it ported to FreeBSD? The latest version in ports is only >>> 2.x. >> >> Why not? Thinking FreeBSD could become immune to remote exploits is >> absurd. >> >> So without much efforts I can guess ports like Skype will become >> more widespread now that FreeBSD has gived up on network security, >> preferring to announce critical security vulnerabilities once the >> exploit has been confirmed without any warnings. >> >> A good reason to stop using this bloated OS if you ask me and use >> something more respectful to their users base relaying on STABLE for >> stability reasons... > >New versions of Skype require ALSA. This is at their insistence.
So, are you implying that ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) is never going to happen on a FreeBSD system? By the way, thanks to "Etienne Robillard <animelo...@gmail.com>" for completely changing the thread subject. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
