Comment 47 for bug 494564

> the majority of bug reports we had for skype were about such issues...
As I already pointed out, the proper solution would be to point upstream towards using /opt, as they should have done in the first place. Instead you brushed the problem under the carpet, and now nobody will have maintained software. Good going.

If you couldn't be bothered maintaining a package, you should have thrown out a feeler for someone else to take up the mantle, instead of dishing out an 'I don't like this, so tough luck' bug.

> *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.
I'm sorry, let me clarify my statement. The overwhelming majority of posts on this bug is comments from people who want Skype back in Medibuntu. Nor is 'many people' exactly a definitive breakdown of Skype distribution.

> Or not. You're forgetting the 'free' component of the repository. Libdvdcss2 is probably the most installed package from Medibuntu.
I thought Medibuntu stood for "Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu". At what point did it become 'Multimedia In Ubuntu'? Besides, there's already a script for installing libdvdcss in libdvdread, so if Medibuntu only exists for libdvdcss (a ridiculously tiny binary), then it's useless. Again, 'probably the most installed' isn't a definitive figure of anything.