Why KDE 4.2.3 is not in the official repository?

[mimosh]

Has anyone got answer to this?
This release of KDE is a bugfix release. I think it should be officially supported in Kubuntu 9.04

[Teunis]

Re: Why KDE 4.2.3 is not in the official repository?

Generally Ubuntu does not officially make available new versions of applications until the next 6-months release.
The text at the kde.org site is a bit ambivalent about the main reason for this version but Ubuntu must, at least for the time being, have decided this is more than a bug fix.
Personally I think Ubuntu only has to upgrade when development and bug fixes to the previous version are no longer available.

KDE Community Ships Third Translation and Service Release of the 4.2 Free Desktop, Containing Numerous Bugfixes, Performance Improvements and Translation Updates

Anyhow, for those interested it's available.
And I just had to use the Magic Keys to get out of a lock up of a fresh install...