Can we get a newer version of scala? (newest is 2.10.3)

I suggest you report a bug. If the gains and bugfixes are significant then the package will be upgraded. Ubuntu is not a rolling release distro and packages are upgraded based on merit and urgency.

Yes the scala guys may make deb files but they may be focussing on Debian rather than Ubuntu which could break dependencies. This needs to be appreciated when adding these packages to the main repositories for the masses to use. Keep in mind the target audience of Ubutu ;)

I doubt it, I think more scala users are on Ubuntu than on Debian (just my personal impression). Anyway:

/tmp $ wget http://www.scala-lang.org/files/archive/scala-2.10.3.deb

  [...]

/tmp $ dpkg-deb -I scala-2.10.3.deb
 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 26638094 bytes: control archive=403 bytes.
     388 bytes, 11 lines control
 Package: scala
 Version: 2.10.3-400
 Section: java
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: all
 Installed-Size: 29321
 Depends: openjdk-6-jre | java6-runtime, libjansi-java
 Maintainer: Josh Suereth <email address hidden>
 Description: Programming Language for the JVM
  This includes all the utilities used by the Scala programming language,
   a blended object-functional language for the JVM.

Anyway I took your advice and filed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scala/+bug/1257651

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:11 AM, Naftoli Gugenheim <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #240268 on scala in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scala/+question/240268
>
> Naftoli Gugenheim posted a new comment:
> I doubt it, I think more scala users are on Ubuntu than on Debian (just
> my personal impression). Anyway:
>
> /tmp $ wget http://www.scala-lang.org/files/archive/scala-2.10.3.deb
>
> [...]
>
> /tmp $ dpkg-deb -I scala-2.10.3.deb
> new debian package, version 2.0.
> size 26638094 bytes: control archive=403 bytes.
> 388 bytes, 11 lines control
> Package: scala
> Version: 2.10.3-400
> Section: java
> Priority: optional
> Architecture: all
> Installed-Size: 29321
> Depends: openjdk-6-jre | java6-runtime, libjansi-java
> Maintainer: Josh Suereth <email address hidden>
> Description: Programming Language for the JVM
> This includes all the utilities used by the Scala programming language,
> a blended object-functional language for the JVM.
>
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