Question #268037 on squid3 in Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid3/+question/268037
Amos Jeffries proposed the following answer: The situation is a side effect of Ubuntu being a derivative distribution, low down on the release chain. Overall a major case of bad luck really. If any one of several technical delays had been shorter Ubuntu would be distributing 3.4 or 3.5 Squid versions today. Debian went into a release freeze for Jesse late in 2014 with 3.3.8 package version. Since that freeze ended mid 2015 it has taken some time to update the Debian packages to newer version. Debiain went through a squid3/squid package renaming transition which menat a lot of extra QA slowed the normal speed of release down. Then the Debian as a whole went through a transition to GCC 5. Which further delayed the squid packages by a month. Meanwhile the Ubuntu Wily release freeze began before the newer upstream Debian packages were finalized. So the latest version available when Ubuntu did its pre-freeze sync was still 3.3.8. -- You received this question notification because your team Ubuntu Server/Client Support Team is an answer contact for squid3 in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
