Since the majority of those are bugfixes, it might be worth updating this. Could you have a look at the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess for how to file an FFe. Once that get's approved, i can package this for you.
"I don't think it should be a big deal to update the package since it doesn't break anything else and will provide the user with the up-to-date software. It's kind of wired to have a new operating system being shipped with outdated software." The issue is, we stop adding changes that could break the program after a certain date so we don't ship as many broken things -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1296567 Title: Update calibre package to upstream version 1.29 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calibre/+bug/1296567/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs