[Bug 1599812] Re: Version shipped with current 16.04 LTS is way too old and alpha

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Official website is quoted at the end of the man page installed with
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Title:
  Version shipped with current 16.04 LTS is way too old and alpha

Status in xz-utils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1. run "xz --version", you'll get "xz (XZ Utils) 5.1.0alpha"
  2. Browse to http://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;hb=HEAD ; you'll find that v5.1.1alpha is from 2011-04-12. 5.1.0alpha is possibly even older.

  Expected result:
  No "alpha software" installed when there's better quality releases available
  No old software installed when there is at least a newer release avaialble

  Actual result:
  Alpha software is installed, 5+ years old software is installed

  Workaround:
  download and install v5.2.2 from http://tukaani.org/xz/

  Solution:
  Package v5.2.2. to the official repositories

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2
  Uname: Linux 4.4.14-040414-lowlatency x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: rfcomm ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 pci_stub vboxpci vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv bnep btusb btrtl btbcm btintel xt_multiport iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables usblp 8812au ath3k bluetooth cfg80211 uas input_leds usb_storage snd_hda_codec_realtek hp_wmi snd_hda_codec_generic sparse_keymap intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp snd_hda_intel coretemp snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core kvm_intel snd_hwdep kvm snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul aesni_intel snd_rawmidi aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper snd_seq ablk_helper cryptd snd_seq_device snd_timer snd serio_raw mei_me soundcore mei shpchp lpc_ich 8250_fintek mac_hid parport_pc ppdev lp parport autofs4 xfs raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c raid1 multipath linear hid_generic usbhid hid raid0 i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops psmouse ahci drm r8169 libahci mii wmi fjes video
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Thu Jul  7 13:18:30 2016
  Dependencies:
   gcc-6-base 6.0.1-1ubuntu11 [origin: unknown]
   libc6 2.23-0ubuntu3
   libgcc1 1:6.0.1-1ubuntu11 [origin: unknown]
   liblzma5 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2
   multiarch-support 2.23-0ubuntu3
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-22 (75 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  SourcePackage: xz-utils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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