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

Wed May 11 01:50:47 UTC 2011

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On 04/01/2011 02:54 PM, Ettore Atalan wrote:
> 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?

Because it wasn't updated in Debian.  It looks like it was updated in
experimental last month.  Should hit unstable soon hopefully and be
syned to Ubuntu during Oneiric.
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