Agreed ... well, mostly, I've got one of my machines with an older version that always hangs up when I try to answer a call. But that was an "upgrade", and if I'd tried to upgrade it again after noticing I'd probably be OK.
But the current version for Debian wheezy works great, and I just switched my 80 year old father to Debian with Gnome Classic (he has very few windows open at a time so it's OK) and that version of Skype, and he's quite happy with the result. Heck, he might even be using Chrome instead of his familiar Firefox if Chrome's tabs paid attention to how big fonts should be. Awful oversight for those who's eyesight isn't so good.
But the current version for Debian wheezy works great, and I just switched my 80 year old father to Debian with Gnome Classic (he has very few windows open at a time so it's OK) and that version of Skype, and he's quite happy with the result. Heck, he might even be using Chrome instead of his familiar Firefox if Chrome's tabs paid attention to how big fonts should be. Awful oversight for those who's eyesight isn't so good.