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. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/909488 Title: nautilus-dropbox forbids dropbox's non-free binaries to replace themselves by properly installing dropbox system-wide To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/909488/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
