Alan:
> I see that qgis 1.4.0 is now in debian unstable. I would suggest you to
> create a ticket/bug on Launchpad with a tile like "Sync qgis 1.4 from
> debian unstable". You may have a chance to get it synced (if not too late).
filed as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/540941
it is rather late in the timeline, but fingers crossed!
Hamish