On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:46:17 -0800 Beech Rintoul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Norberto Meijome said: > > Hi Beech et al, > > > > First of all, thanks so much for getting the latest linux version > > working on FBSD :) > > > > Some issues: > > > > - the url to get the OSS file isn't correct - the correct one it is > > now > > > > http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-oss > > That's just a link on their website to the address I have in the > Makefile. I verified that address correct this morning. That being > said, I have seen connectivity issues the past few days with their > download site and Skype is aware of it. right - but the download process from the Makefile was failing. strange... http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-1.4.0.118-oss.tar.bz2 works ok now (assuming that's the URL in the Makefile...) > > > > If for some reason it doesn't work, i am happy to provide hosting > > for the file (if allowed by Skype's license of course). > > Unfortunately, Skype's license doesn't allow us to mirror the > distfiles. I'm working on this, but for now we need to use the > official repo. > I figured. nw. [...] > > On another note, Skype is about to release 2.0 in oss. I have the beta > and it works great (without video) and should be available shortly as > skype-devel. Stay tuned! If anyone here has experience with webcams > on FreeBSD and wants to contribute, please contact miwi@ or myself > off-list. that's great news, thanks! _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else does and thinking something different." Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
