<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top">Hi ubuntu developers, I'll keep the question as simple as it is: skype stopped working because of some protocol updates, and needs an update. Nobody took care of updating it since 5 months. Canonical claims that skype is officially supported via partner repository, if this isn't the case anymore, and since skype is a non free tool in my opinion we should update or remove. Users shouldn't be allowed to install a broken package from an official archive. BTW there are many bugs against skype, and many of them are easily reproducible and just missing runtime dependencies, I really would like to package a fixed skype version, but the launchpad ppa policy doesn't allow me. Cheers, Gianfranco <a href="https://uk.overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a> </td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_"> <div> <div> <div style="font-size:0.9em"> <hr size="1"> From: tomsam <tomsam@hotmail.com>; To: <costamagnagianfranco@yahoo.it>; Subject: [Bug 1280109] Re: Upgrade to Skype for Linux version 4.3.0.37 Sent: Sat, Aug 2, 2014 7:23:23 AM </div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top">Super... Apparently, nothing has been done until now ... and for many users it seems to be too late ... At least my skype 4.2.xx ceased to work on August 1st, 8pm CEST ... No update available from canonical ... And no real reactions here. And even the "new" skype 4.3 from the skype web page didn't work in the beginning, since it produces segmentation violations when reading the old chat history ... Furthermore, video chats are not as good as before (for unknown reasons) What the heck is going on here? If we support an application, then someone has to take responsibility, and ensure that always a running version is available. Or otherwise state that the application is not supported any more. -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to skype in Ubuntu. <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1280109" target=_blank >https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1280109</a> Title: Upgrade to Skype for Linux version 4.3.0.37 Status in “skype” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: <a href="http://blogs.skype.com/2014/06/18/skype-4-3-for-linux/" target=_blank >http://blogs.skype.com/2014/06/18/skype-4-3-for-linux/</a> Changes: An updated UI Our new cloud-based Group Chat experience More reliable file transfer support when using multiple devices at once Greater accessibility by blind and visually impaired users PulseAudio 3.0 and 4.0 support Lot of bug fixes To manage notifications about this bug go to: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/1280109/+subscriptions" target=_blank >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/1280109/+subscriptions</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div>