dvd-slideshow (Ubuntu repository)

[Benjamin Podoll]

Is there a reason "dvd-slideshow" is fairly old in the Ubuntu repository?

It seems 0.8.0-1 is out (and there are .deb packages)
http://dvd-slideshow.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page

Package: dvd-slideshow
State: not installed
Version: 0.7.5-0.0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/graphics
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <ubuntu-motu at lists.ubuntu.com>
Uncompressed Size: 512k
Depends: dvdauthor (>= 0.6.9), mjpegtools (>= 1.8.0), imagemagick,
gsfonts, ffmpeg (>= 0.4.8), sox, netpbm
Recommends: lame, toolame, jhead
Description: tools to create dvd slideshow with menus
 dvd-slideshow This is the main script. It generates a DVD-compatible
MPEG2 video file with audio from a text file input listing of pictures
and effects.
 dvd-menu Creates a simple DVD menu with buttons that link to MPEG2
files generated with dvd-slideshow or ones that you have created
yourself.
 gallery2slideshow Instead of a GUI to create slideshows, I already
have almost everything set up from my web page that uses the Gallery
program. I figured it wouldn't be that
 hard to just get a listing of all the images in a given album
(sub-albums not supported!) and to generate an appropriate input file
to dvd-slideshow.
 jigl2slideshow Does the same thing as gallery2slideshow, but works on
a jigl gallery