Its because the Ubuntu Package Maintainers seem to not know that this game is only playable on the official server if you use the stable or the current development version..
The development version changes way too often for a half-year-released distribution - so they have to stick to the official stable versions.. And have to put them ALSO in the backports if it changes to far away from releases. Because a version not equal to the current stable or current development version is UNPLAYABLE for Multiplayer. So I compile wesnoth every time for myself because I cannot use this package. -- Can't join official multiplayer games https://launchpad.net/bugs/70296 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
