Lumy Skin Patch has been updated to 1.0.13 so skins should be working again. Existing modpack builds were updated to the fixed version.
An update to the server files (named Tekkit_Server_v1.2.9g-2.zip) has been pushed, which fixes a crash at start due to bspkrsCore failing an update check
Version 1.2.9i disables version update checks for all the mods, which were causing some people to crash.
A mod was added (Lumy Skin Patch), which brings back your super nice Minecraft skins (and if you play with other people, theirs as well!).
We've disabled OCS analytics-collection for people who cannot reach the OCS website for whatever reason. We've also promoted a new server build, try it out!
LexManos's LegacyJavaFixer has been added to both the latest and recommended versions, so users of java 1.8 can play both!