1.3 was the beta stream, and 1.2.8 is the most recent 1.2 release, so in those few weeks the only stable release you've missed is 1.4.0 (which may well have not

1.3 was the beta stream, and 1.2.8 is the most recent 1.2 release, so in those few weeks the only stable release you've missed is 1.4.0 (which may well have not been packaged at all, if the distro was waiting a few days for bugs like this to get ironed out)