Groovy coming to Ubuntu Hardy Heron
Tags: Groovy
Though I wish I could say it was totally my doing, the only part I had in the process was submitting a sync request for a package that caused Groovy to FTBFS ("Fail to Build From Source"). I checked the bug today and found it was cross-linked with Bug # 185016, a resolved bug requesting a sync of Groovy from debian unstable.
Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), as a LTS("Long Term Support") release, will be supported on the desktop for three years and on servers for five. In my experience, though there are a lot that upgrade every six months when a new release comes out, some are more conservative and only upgrade for LTSes. That makes it very easy for folks to make and distribute smaller widgets and apps on Ubuntu like they do with Python.