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Skype removed from repository

Asked by Bazmata

It seems that since yesterday (Dec. 10, 2009) Skype has been removed from the medibuntu packages list (it is not listed on http://packages.medibuntu.org/karmic/), which marks installed packages as "local or obsolete" in Synaptic.
Please provide any info why is that so, since http://packages.medibuntu.org/karmic/skype.html exist and you can download and install skype from there.

Thanks

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Bazmata (vladimir-damjanoski) said : 		#1

I didn't realize it has been reported as Bug #494564 and announced as #4539.

Well, thanks VERY much for not providing Skype and updates any more.

See you never again!

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Zoran Nikin (nikinzoran) said : 		#2

why removing skype?
I could go back to windows or another linux...

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Mark Cariaga (mzc) said : 		#3

This direction makes the Ubuntu desktop experience not appealing to the common user whatever your geographical location may be. Medibuntu's description is non-free software hence skype falls into this category. Ubuntu developers should be transparent on their decision to remove skype from the medibuntu repositiry. I personally advocate using ubuntu for daily computing use, which includes skype as a major feature in almost every install whatever your distro or platform is.

I hope that this question could be received constructively.

Mark C.
vancouver loco

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lopho (lopho) said : 		#4
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Elad Tsur (eladts) said : 		#5

Please bring back Skype to Medibuntu and update it to the latest version (2.1.0.81).

Thanks!

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Zoran Nikin (nikinzoran) said : 		#6

Please bring back Skype to Medibuntu and update it to the latest version (2.1.0.81).

Thank you!

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