When Miro 5 makes it into later versions of Ubuntu, we can backport it to 
precise as a backport.  You can use the requestbackport tool in 
ubuntu-dev-tools to request that backport when appropriate.  That tool will let 
you know the level of testing required for the backport (install/run for itself 
and its reverse dependencies).  We generally don't push major new versions into 
a stable release except for the backports pocket as it's difficult to be sure 
that the new version won't introduce more bugs than the old one had.  Backports 
is opt-in, so if a user would like a newer version of an application, they can 
try it.  The purpose of backports though is for new features, not to fix bugs.  
A targeted fix as a Stable Release Update is much more likely to fix the issue 
at hand without causing other issues (that's why there's a verification period 
in the proposed repository).
Miro is not directly supported by anyone in Ubuntu; that is, there is no one 
specifically claiming to support it.  Anyone may propose bug fixes assuming 
they meet the Stable Release Update criteria.  LTS in this context refers how 
long the core infrastructure for the release will be supported (mainly for 
security updates).

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Title:
  Miro segfaults every couple minutes: g_object_ref: assertion
  `object->ref_count > 0' failed

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