Does this mean there's a rift between skype and ubuntu developers? How is skype different from adobe reader? My point is skype needs to works flawlessy. By definition, this is the purpose of medibuntu. Please correct me I'm wrong.
On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Lionel Le Folgoc <[email protected]> wrote: > Bug #511054 has already 3 duplicates, which prove that people are > installing the debs from skype.com. Then our debs don't seem to be > really needed. Obviously, they weren't able to do a proper package, > although we reported to them some issues. So I don't care anymore, I > don't intend to put back skype into Medibuntu, it's the problem of > skype > developers/packagers now. > > ** Changed in: medibuntu/lucid > Status: Confirmed => Fix Released > > ** Changed in: medibuntu/karmic > Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed > > ** Changed in: medibuntu/jaunty > Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed > > ** Changed in: medibuntu/intrepid > Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed > > ** Changed in: medibuntu/hardy > Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed > > -- > Move to -staging/remove skype packages > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494564 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Medibuntu: Fix Released > Status in Medibuntu hardy series: Fix Committed > Status in Medibuntu intrepid series: Fix Committed > Status in Medibuntu jaunty series: Fix Committed > Status in Medibuntu karmic series: Fix Committed > 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. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/+bug/494564/+subscribe -- Move to -staging/remove skype packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494564 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Medibuntu Packaging Team, which is the registrant for Medibuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~medibuntu-maintainers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~medibuntu-maintainers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
