The Wine in newer Ubuntu releases is really outdated

[AsciiWolf]

The Wine package wasn't updated since trusty and is still in version 1.6 which was released almost 3 years ago. The same old version is still included in the current development Xenial release. Why?

[dino99 (9d9)]

Here are the xenial wine(s) packages (the stables & dev too)

sudo apt-cache search wine1
wine1.4 - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (dummy package)
wine1.4-amd64 - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (dummy package)
wine1.4-dbg - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (dummy package)
wine1.4-dev - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (dummy package)
wine1.6 - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Binary Emulator and Library)
wine1.6-amd64 - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (64-bit support)
wine1.6-dbg - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (debugging symbols)
wine1.6-dev - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Development files)
wine1.4-i386 - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (dummy package)
wine1.6-i386 - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (32-bit support)
winehq-staging - official WineHQ build of the popular Wine software
wine1.8-amd64 - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (64-bit support)
wine1.8-dbg - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (debugging symbols)
wine1.8-dev - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Development files)
wine1.8 - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Binary Emulator and Library)
wine1.8-i386 - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (32-bit support)

wine-staging - official WineHQ build of the popular Wine software
wine-staging-dev - official WineHQ build of the popular Wine software
wine-staging-dbg - official WineHQ build of the popular Wine software
wine-staging-amd64 - official WineHQ build of the popular Wine software
wine-staging-compat - Transitional dummy package
winehq-staging - official WineHQ build of the popular Wine software
wine-staging-i386 - official WineHQ build of the popular Wine software

[AsciiWolf (asciiwolf)]

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=wine&searchon=names&suite=xenial&section=all

Really?

[dino99 (9d9)]

you need to understand that 'wine' is a third project; not a ubuntu/debian one.

[AsciiWolf (asciiwolf)]

Why is it in the Ubuntu repository then, if the package is not maintained anymore?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[carlix (carlixlinux)]

At least 4 games that I played only work in wine 1.7 or higher in addition many programs work better in wine 1.8, come on 2 years of development between 1.6 and 1.8 this is undeniable

[AsciiWolf (asciiwolf)]

Any news regarding this issue?

[dino99 (9d9)]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.6/+bug/1558480