Latest stable 7-zip version (9.20) is in Debian experimental since April 2011, I don't know why this version still isn't included in Debian Unstable, maybe Debian packager - Mohammed Adnène Trojette could tell us why he put latest stable p7zip version to experimental instead of unstable?
Here is debian/changelog: p7zip (9.20.1~dfsg.1-1) experimental; urgency=low * New upstream release (Closes: #620619) * debian/control + bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1. + update and improve description. (Closes: #545871, #612770) * manpages + add supported formats. (Closes: #570427) -- Mohammed Adnène Trojette <adn+...@diwi.org> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:20:22 +0200 See https://launchpad.net/debian/+source/p7zip/+publishinghistory for sources. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685779 Title: p7zip is very old beta version and should be replaced by final version 9.20 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/p7zip/+bug/685779/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs