I'm late to the thread, but it should be well-known that nothing in Ubuntu enjoys substantial testing, in any release. They squander the entire release cycle, then they "freeze" the release, after which they pile a huge amount of changes into the release in contravention of widely-held definitions of the word "freeze", then they cut the release before anyone has even tried it.
The above is absolutely what happened in this case. The package was at revision 0.1 throughout the release cycle, then 12 days before the final release, 6 weeks after the freeze and after the beta release, they changed the package to 0.2 with no notes other than "new upstream release". Nobody had time to try it, they just shipped it out to everyone literally without even trying it once.
The above is absolutely what happened in this case. The package was at revision 0.1 throughout the release cycle, then 12 days before the final release, 6 weeks after the freeze and after the beta release, they changed the package to 0.2 with no notes other than "new upstream release". Nobody had time to try it, they just shipped it out to everyone literally without even trying it once.