Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga 3 Status: Alpha, Beta or Gamma = end user released?

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

john_re wrote:
> To: Leaders & Developers of Ekiga:
>
> I am confused by what appears to me to be inconsistent information on
> the ekiga website.
>
> 1) The Ekiga website main page announces E 3 in the high profile manner
> of a new gamma, "End User" version, release.  This suggests the SW is
> not alpha, nor beta, but something for _users_ (not developers or
> testers).
>
> 2) The download page, though, only provides source code & compile
> instructions, not a binary version for the most popular Linux platforms.
>  This suggests the SW is for at best _developers or testers_, not end
> users.

For information, whohas in a new program giving the versions of a 
package on several distributions.  whohas ekiga shows:

FreeBSD     ekiga                     2.0.11_5 
   net         http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/pds.cgi?ports/net/ekiga
Fink        ekiga                     2.0.12-1 
               http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/ekiga
NetBSD      ekiga                     3.0.2 
   net         http://pkgsrc.se/net/ekiga
Ubuntu      ekiga                     2.0.1-0ubuntu6.2 [<s 
               http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/ekiga
Ubuntu      ekiga                     2.0.1-0ubuntu6.2 
               http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper-updates/ekiga
Ubuntu      ekiga                     2.0.3-0ubuntu8 
               http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/ekiga
Ubuntu      ekiga                     2.0.11-1ubuntu1 
               http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/ekiga
Ubuntu      ekiga                     2.0.12-0ubuntu2 
               http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/ekiga
Ubuntu      ekiga                     2.0.12-0ubuntu5 
               http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/ekiga
Ubuntu      ekiga                     3.0.1-1ubuntu1 
               http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/ekiga
Source Mage ekiga                     3.0.2 
   test
Source Mage ekiga                     3.0.1 
   stable
OpenBSD     ekiga                     2.0.12p5 

http://www.openbsd.org/4.4_packages/i386/ekiga-2.0.12p5.tgz-long.html
Fedora      ekiga                     3.0.1-4              7.7M 
13-11-2008
Gentoo      ekiga                     2.0.12 
               http://gentoo-portage.com/net-im/ekiga
Gentoo      ekiga                     2.0.11 
               http://gentoo-portage.com/net-im/ekiga
Gentoo      opal                      2.2.11 
               http://gentoo-portage.com/net-libs/opal
Debian      ekiga                     2.0.3-6 
   stable      http://packages.debian.org/etch/ekiga
Debian      ekiga                     2.0.12-1+nmu1 
   testing     http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ekiga
openSUSE    ekiga                     3.0.1 
   suse/oss 
http://packages.opensuse-community.org/packageinfo.jsp?checksum=ad8e9b0e8c5974999f9c49a386d3d42e141e6a4a&amp;distro=openSUSE_111


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Eugen