Why p7zip isn't updated about 4 Ubuntu major releases?

[Ettore Atalan]

Hi,

The "p7zip" package in natty/maverick/lucid/karmic [1] repository
contains p7zip version 9.04, which dates from 2009 [2] and looks like it
was taken from Debian unstable. The latest version is p7zip 9.20.1 from
2011.

Why p7zip isn't updated about 4 Ubuntu major releases?


[1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/p7zip/+changelog
[2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/files/p7zip/9.04/


Regards,
Ettore Atalan