Azureus was - Re: GIMP *final* release for Gutsy?

[Scott Kitterman]

On Saturday 10 November 2007 21:49, Peter wrote:

> I understand the point of view of not fixing bugs at the end life of
> a cycle, but certain software updates aren't in Ubuntu yet while new
> version have been out for a while now. Azureus for example is still
> 2.5.0.0 in the official repo while 3.0.2.2 has been out before the
> package freeze for Gutsy.

Azureus is a special case.  The packaging was sufficiently convoluted that no 
developer was willing to touch it.  I substantially more sane package has 
been uploaded to Hardy and work is ongoing to backport it (need to backport 
iced tea first).

Scott K