It's not behind the development branch, it's behind the stable branch. The stable branch is called stable for a reason, because it's stable. You can still use t

It's not behind the development branch, it's behind the stable branch. The stable branch is called stable for a reason, because it's stable. You can still use the older versions and they're not bad, but the newer versions have brought improvements, and I see no reason why Ubuntu shouldn't package new stable versions when the Go team is committed to stability.