The package is a community maintained package (universe repository), to which no Ubuntu community volunteer developer has unfortunately contributed directly. Since it originates from Debian, and Debian also didn't find anyone to work on the package, it was removed from Debian in September 2011, followed by removal from Ubuntu via auto-synchronization for 12.04.
Since there has been a fixed package available outside of Ubuntu, hopefully someone would volunteer up to join the MOTU https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU in order to push the fixed package into Ubuntu proper. To lessen duplicate work with Debian, the optimal solution would be to adopt the orphaned package in Debian (while learning also Debian processes of course), which would make henplus automatically available in Ubuntu as well. The orphaning bug in Debian is http://bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636731 - a chapter about adoptions at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers- reference/pkgs.html#adopting Finally, if you do not want to join neither Debian or Ubuntu as a community developer, you can check if the sponsorship process could be applied: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Sponsorship/SponsorsQueue - note that if this was the original intention, you should have followed the process in order to get a review on the fixed package. I understand users would want to have a fixed version of their favorite packages automatically, but the processes need to be followed for it to happen. Furthermore, it needs someone to work on it on their free time (like I do on a handful of Debian/Ubuntu packages). I hope the above helps to understand how both Debian and Ubuntu work. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #636731 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636731 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278474 Title: henplus does not start in intrepid ibex To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/henplus/+bug/278474/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
