Is there any plan to upgrade this package to the 0.9.8.9?

I was wondering if there was any plan to upgrade this package to the most recent source (released in Nov. 2011).

I had a working build compiled from this source on my x64 12.04 setup as of a few days ago, but a recent upgrade seemed to break my installation. The upgrade included many qt4 related packages, which I suspect was the cause. Upon starting, I now get an error that prevents qtiplot from starting:

qtiplot: /build/buildd/sip4-4.13.2/siplib/siplib.c:10938: sipEnumType_alloc: Assertion `(((currentType)->td_flags & 0x0007) == 0x0003)' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

I would be willing to help build a working package for 0.9.8.9, but I have very limited experience in building packages, and only moderate compiling experience (it was quite a struggle to get it working on my machine).

I think if we could upgrade this package to the latest version, it would be best for all.

Thanks,
Josh