As far as I know the alpha skype is a cheap clone of the web version (and the only version that supports cloud chats)...and I don't think it uses the .Skype database.
I also tested it, and it seems to work. On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 11:49 PM, J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > On Tuesday, October 04, 2016 11:39:44 PM Raymond Jennings wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 10:51 PM, J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> > wrote: > > > On Tuesday, October 04, 2016 02:12:12 PM Raymond Jennings wrote: > > > > Please be advised that skype has been split off into two packages > > > > > > > > * skype remains for the "classic" version of skype > > > > * skypeforlinux is the new package name for microsoft's alpha version > > > > > > > > There were some version number snarls and it was decided that a split > > > > > > would > > > > > > > be cleaner. > > > > > > > > Blame microsoft for giving their current version a lower number than > the > > > > classic one. > > > > > > Thank you for this note as I would probably have missed this. > > > > > > I will test this on a VM until it leaves "alpha" status. > > > > > > One little note: I don't think it's supposed to be possible to install > > > both at > > > the same time. But it is currently possible. > > > > I actually do it that way on purpose. > > > > I think it's because skype is not slotted and the dependency line in the > > > > > ebuild specifies slot "1" for skype. > > > > By design. I removed the slotting after splitting the package. > > > > And I made this announcement becuase I'm the current proxy maintainer for > > both packages. > > > > Ok, are you sure you don't risk corruption of the database files (under > ~/.Skype) if both versions are running simultaneously? > > That is what I would be afraid of if both are installed at the same time. > > -- > Joost > >
