Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga test today

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

On 22/02/13 19:34, Bret Busby wrote:
> 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?

In home 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.

You are right.

--
Eugen