Here's the developper's answer upstream:
"From the looks of it, that is due to Skype 2.1 and newer being
incompatible with old versions of the plugin. Any version > 201012*
should be new enough to work with Skype 2.1 and 2.2. I believe that
there are old versions of the plugin in Debian and that
Package: pidgin-skype
Followup-For: Bug #630726
Hi,
The bug seems to be fixed here. But before suggesting a backport to squeeze, I
suggest
that we solve bug 630731, which exists also on wheezy. Once that bug fixed,
I think it would be important to backport as the package is partially unusable
Package: pidgin-skype
Version: 20100302+dfsg-1
Severity: important
Hi,
The problem is: once connected, when a buddy sends a message, it arrives on
Skype
(I hear the sound), but not on Pidgin. I can write and send messages but I don't
read in pidgin's window the messages I receive via Skype.
I
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