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[mzc <mzcariaga@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's great news, now it's time to close this bug and move on...lol

On May 24, 2010 11:51 AM, "Wolfgang" <wt-lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Skype is now part of the official Ubuntu "partner" repository!

To install skype in 10.04 add the following line in /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

then do:
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install skype

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Status in Medibuntu: Fix Released
Status in Medibuntu hardy series: Fix Released
Status in Medibuntu intrepid series: Fix Released
Status in Medibuntu jaunty series: Fix Released
Status in Medibuntu karmic series: Fix Released
Status in Medibuntu lucid series: Fix Released

Bug description:
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.

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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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