Comment 3 for bug 2039271

package is still maintained with 4 upload of maintainer in this years: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/backintime
you are right there is low maintainer activity and it would be better to bring it to the python team to increase the chances of faster updates but it is the maintainer's choice

I don't understand this:
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I wonder why you don't use Debians backintime package instead? It is up-to-date most of the time. And isn't Ubuntu "debian-based"?
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ubuntu automatically sync from debian except when in freeze for new release and when package have ubuntu specific changes

also see this:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mantic-minotaur-release-schedule/34989
August 17 Feature Freeze 164, Debian Import Freeze
so even if debian maintainer did an upload on the release day of 1.4.0 was too late as upstream released near 1 month after (Sept. 14)