[Mageia-discuss] Thoughts on an install

[Renaud (Ron) Olgiati]

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.
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