This is a (very) brief IRC conversation I had with Steve Langasek, who maintains the package in the Canonical Partner repo:
http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2014/01/29/%23ubuntu-devel.html#t22:15 I'm not aware of the underlying reasons behind this restrictive update policy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Canonical Partner Developers, which is subscribed to skype in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1280109 Title: Please, upgrade skype package to version 4.2.0.13 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/1280109/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

