On Tuesday 07 Jun 2011 09:11 my mailbox was graced by a message from Marc Paré who wrote:
> > Personally, I will not. I think it is better to spend my time on > > software where the owners collaborate rather than on software where the > > owners don't. Maybe we should think less of what the prog owners do, and more on whether or not the users want/need the prog ? > I just downloaded the "Static" Linux version of Skype from > http://www.skype.com. Uncompressed it and double-clicked on the "Skype" > file and it works. > The steps taken to "install" the software package (the only step a user > has to do is uncompress the file) are the same amount of steps it would > take if it were in the MCC. The clear advantage of getting the Skype > site version is that you get the most recent Skype Linux version. > As mentioned by many, the Skype proprietary software does not fit the > profile of a programme that could/will be put in our repositories. Being > as it installs so easily, there is no need to package it from any > repository, > The most difficult part for users is to create the icon link on their > desktop. Just installed Skype on a new install of Mdv2010.2 (had to go back to Mdv as Mageia lacks some progs I need) using the Skype4Mandriva_latest.sh install script; this is in Portuguese, but works perfectly; maybe we could look into using this as the base of a rpm that, once installed, would run the script and download and install Skype, including put an icon wherever it is needed (menu, desktop etc) ? Cheers, Ron. -- Les vieux donnent de bons conseils pour se consoler de ne plus pouvoir donner le mauvais exemple. -- La Rochefoucauld -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --
