I imagine "the link" was in a particular package description. That's common, as it indicates where one might go to get more recent versions. But if you are serious about trying to get the package repository maintainers/updaters to advance their update of a particular package, you must discover who they are, and that will virtually never be the creators of the software in individual packages. BTW, regarding off-topic posting: You were just informed, not chastised. No doubt you (once) thought your quest might be resolved here. (I call it a "quest" because I doubt it will be resolved elsewhere either. Hence my suggested alternative.)