Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga test today

[Bret Busby <bret busby net>]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2013, Eugen Dedu wrote:

> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:35:52
> From: Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>
> Reply-To: Ekiga mailing list <ekiga-list gnome org>
> To: Ekiga mailing list <ekiga-list gnome org>
> Subject: Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga test today
>
> On 17/02/13 06:31, Bret Busby wrote:
> > Anyway, the latest version of Ekiga that shows in the Debian package
> > repository, for Debian 6, is the Ekiga v 3.2.7-2, that I mentioned above
> > as being installed on this computer, which is running Debian 6.0.x
> > amd64, on an Intel I3 CPU.
>
> I suggest you to install ekiga frome experimental 
> (http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/ekiga.html), if you know how to do that, or 
> otherwise wait for 1-2 months until it appears in unstable.
>
> --
> Eugen

> From the web page specified; http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/ekiga.html 
is

"
versions ...
oldstable
2.0.12-1+nmu1
stable
3.2.7-2
testing
3.2.7-5
unstable
3.2.7-5
exp
4.0.0-1 
"

I am running, as stated above; 3.2.7-2 - the version applicable to 
Debian stable (Debian 6.0.x).

In Debian, the experimental version (the version of Debian that is 
running 4.0.0-1), is known as "sid", named after the boy in Toy Story, 
who was known for breaking things; thus, Debian experimental is regarded 
as being known to break things. Similarly, any package for Debian 
experimental, is not regarded as being appropriate to instal on any 
system that is used for running software for any purpose other than 
testing software and repeatedly rebuilding the system due to damage done 
by the software being tested.

Or, that is my understanding, anyway.

Other people may understand it differently.

Perhaps, if Ekiga 4.x is released as a Debian package (.deb file) that 
can be installed by the Debian package managers, on Debian 6.0.x, it 
would be used more by users, as it would then be easy to instal, as is 
the package stored in the Debian Linux 6.0.x repository.

One of the things then to ask - are the personal data and configuration 
settings, stored in the home directory, or, within the ekiga 
installation directory?

If the information is stored in the home directory, then installing a 
new version of the software, should not eliminate the existing data, but 
the existing data should be picked up by the new version of the 
software, upon running it for the first time, after installation.

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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