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[Przemysław Kulczycki <przemekkulczycki@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  It is a bit problematic to keep our skype packages, as skype-common
  conflicts with the package distributed on skype.com, and there's no easy
  way for us to avoid that (except by merging back skype-common in skype
  and skype-static, which is a bit painful). After some discussion on irc
  with a skype dev, I think the best proposition is to stop distributing
  them, as they are apparently going to provide i386 & amd64 & skype-
  static packages on skype.com.
  
  For the moment, I'm going to move them to -staging, and after packages
  are released on skype.com, drop them completely.
+ 
+ ===================================
+ STOP ASKING ABOUT BRINGING SKYPE BACK TO UBUNTU.
+ 
+ Skype is proprietary closed source software so Ubuntu developers can't
+ modify it and don't have access to its source code.
+ If you want something changed about Skype then you should ask the
+ vendor of the Skype application, not Ubuntu.
+ https://support.skype.com/en/support_selection
+ If Skype's vendor wants to have its packages in Ubuntu then it is
+ their responsibility to work on that, not Ubuntu's.
+ Blaming Ubuntu or Medibuntu about not including Skype is just plain wrong.
+ 
+ Please, DO NOT ADD any more comments about bringing Skype back. The decision has been made, period.
+ Go ask Skype about it.

** Description changed:

  It is a bit problematic to keep our skype packages, as skype-common
  conflicts with the package distributed on skype.com, and there's no easy
  way for us to avoid that (except by merging back skype-common in skype
  and skype-static, which is a bit painful). After some discussion on irc
  with a skype dev, I think the best proposition is to stop distributing
  them, as they are apparently going to provide i386 & amd64 & skype-
  static packages on skype.com.
  
  For the moment, I'm going to move them to -staging, and after packages
  are released on skype.com, drop them completely.
  
  ===================================
- STOP ASKING ABOUT BRINGING SKYPE BACK TO UBUNTU.
+ STOP ASKING ABOUT BRINGING SKYPE BACK TO MEDIBUNTU.
  
  Skype is proprietary closed source software so Ubuntu developers can't
  modify it and don't have access to its source code.
  If you want something changed about Skype then you should ask the
  vendor of the Skype application, not Ubuntu.
  https://support.skype.com/en/support_selection
  If Skype's vendor wants to have its packages in Ubuntu then it is
  their responsibility to work on that, not Ubuntu's.
  Blaming Ubuntu or Medibuntu about not including Skype is just plain wrong.
  
  Please, DO NOT ADD any more comments about bringing Skype back. The decision has been made, period.
  Go ask Skype about it.

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Move to -staging/remove skype packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494564
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