Comment 32 for bug 909488

As a "normal user" ans usually happy camper, I came across this report when wondering what was the difference between installing Dropbox from Ubuntu repositories (nautilus-dropbox package) than from the package available on Dropbox website/repository.

Now that I understand, I do share many of the point of views expressed here: if, for whatever reasons, Ubuntu can't provide a reliable Dropbox package with auto-updating, then it should abstain from it and let Dropbox (the company) do the work itself. No need to dive into obscure philosophical/ethical consideration here, the solution is just not to provide an unreliable package.

On a side note: providing the Skype package in the partner repositories is nice, as this package will presumably auto-update Skype shortly when a new versions appears (or at least, upon upgrading Ubuntu to a newer version). If the same can't be done for Dropbox, then it doesn't make sense to go this route.