How to request a package upgrade in the next Ubuntu release

I'm looking to move our company from Fedora 13 to the upcoming 12.04. We've built custom HDF5 1.8.7 RPMs that are newer than the 1.8.4 version in 12.04. If we go to 12.04 I'd like it to have the latest HDF5 library so I don't need to package it ourselves. How do I request an upgrade to the package?

I looked at UbuntuDevelopment and ReportingBugs but I didn't see anything specific.

Would reporting a bug on launchpad be appropriate?

Solution 1:

File a bug report on Launchpad and tag it with the 'upgrade-software-version' tag.

For other tags see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Tags

Solution 2:

You will want to review two pages for requesting updates.

First one is the sync request page. This page describes the sync process and what is needed to sync a package. Since HDF5 is currently not on the merge list, that might be a good way to go.

Second one - if you want to tackle the merge (there are updates to the package in Ubuntu, btw) is the merge process page.

Both of these pages will help with requesting the sync of an updated package and the process for performing the merge since there are changes to the package in Ubuntu that might be relevant to Precise.

Solution 3:

The Ubuntu wiki has (Requesting a new package for Ubuntu): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages

More links

FAQ: Requesting new packages / new versions / new features ( http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?54134-FAQ-Requesting-new-packages-new-versions-new-features )