Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Packages of bleeding edge Ekiga.

["Peter Robinson" <pbrobinson gmail com>]

>> > Thank to Eugen Dedu, we now have packages for easy testing of our
>> > bleeding edge Ekiga.
>> >
>> > Check it out:
>> > http://snapshots.ekiga.net/
>> >
>> > It includes Debian Unstable (i386 and amd64) and Ubuntu Hardy and Gutsy
>> > (i386 and amd64).
>> >
>> > Those packages feature presence indicator, new and advanced video
>> > codecs, a roster like you can find in most Instant Messenger clients, a
>> > quality indicator, an easier setup and many other stuff. Last, but not
>> > least, many bugs to hunt here and there! Please, be kind enough to help
>> > us test and improve it.
>> >
>> > To report bugs, please use the Gnome Bug Tracking System:
>> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=ekiga
>> >
>> > To help us (e.g. packaging for other great distros or windows), you can
>> > use the mailling list.
>>
>> For those interested in the latest and greatest ekiga on Fedora 9 can
>> grab packages for x86_64 and i386 can grab them from
>> http://fedora.roving-it.com/ekiga/
>>
>> Not sure if they'll work on Fedora 8 but they should be easy to
>> recompile with the included src.rpm's.
>>
>> Its not currently setup as a yum repo but that is a possibility if
>> there's enough interest.
>
> I would greatly appreciate a yum repo.
>
> Also: thank goodness you are providing src.rpms as well:  these are
> essential for bleeding edge packages as you can then compile from source
> if things go wrong.  (Previous bleeding edge rpms for redhat/fedora
> suffered greatly here)

No problems. I'm being compiling them up for my own consumption for
ages, it nice for others to get use from them as well.

Peter