It seems that you are in a much better position to ask Skype about creating a repo, than some random user and his family...
Nils -- The early bird gets the coffee left over from the night before 2010/2/2 Przemysław Kulczycki <[email protected]> > ** Description changed: > > 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. > + > + =================================== > + STOP ASKING ABOUT BRINGING SKYPE BACK TO UBUNTU. > + > + 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. > > ** Description changed: > > 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. > > =================================== > - STOP ASKING ABOUT BRINGING SKYPE BACK TO UBUNTU. > + 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. > > -- > 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 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. > > =================================== > 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. > > > > 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
