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. Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
