> How is this a problem? Why would someone add medibuntu, then install skype
> from the medibuntu repo, then download and install skype from the skype
> website?
I agree. Why on earth would they do that? But users are always surprising: the majority of bug reports we had for skype were about such issues...
>> STOP ASKING ABOUT BRINGING SKYPE BACK TO MEDIBUNTU.
> Why? Practically everyone wants it back.
*You* want it back, not *everyone*. Skype has never been the most downloaded package on Medibuntu, many people were downloading it directly from the official website.
> [...]
> Oh wait, there goes the entire point of medibuntu. :roll:
Or not. You're forgetting the 'free' component of the repository. Libdvdcss2 is probably the most installed package from Medibuntu.
> How is this a problem? Why would someone add medibuntu, then install skype
> from the medibuntu repo, then download and install skype from the skype
> website?
I agree. Why on earth would they do that? But users are always surprising: the majority of bug reports we had for skype were about such issues...
>> STOP ASKING ABOUT BRINGING SKYPE BACK TO MEDIBUNTU.
> Why? Practically everyone wants it back.
*You* want it back, not *everyone*. Skype has never been the most downloaded package on Medibuntu, many people were downloading it directly from the official website.
> [...]
> Oh wait, there goes the entire point of medibuntu. :roll:
Or not. You're forgetting the 'free' component of the repository. Libdvdcss2 is probably the most installed package from Medibuntu.
> The decision was in error.
You're free to think that.