[Bug 2035169] [NEW] [Bionic] Potential removal of support for fwupd 1.2.x from LVFS update servers

[Trent Lloyd]

Public bug reported:

Upstream maintainer Richard Hughes has indicated a desire to drop
support for fwupwd versions < 1.3 or perhaps < 1.4 in the following
thread:

https://fosstodon.org/@hughsie@mastodon.social/111037125208321746
"If I disabled LVFS/fwupd updates for #fwupd versions < 1.3.0 then I could drop quite a lot of compat cruft on the LVFS. The only distros this would affect is Debian and RHEL-7."

https://fosstodon.org/@hughsie@mastodon.social/111039362844764772
"Urgh, #Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver is out of standard support but if you pay for Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) you can get support until 2028 -- and of course that ships fwupd 1.2.14. Does anyone know who at Canonical to give a heads up to?"

We already have a StableReleaseUpdate exception for fwupd:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#fwupd_and_fwupdate
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/firmware-updates

# rmadison fwupd -a source

 fwupd | 1.0.6-2                       | bionic          | source
 fwupd | 1.2.14-0~18.04.3              | bionic-updates  | source

 fwupd | 1.3.9-4                       | focal           | source
 fwupd | 1.7.9-1~20.04.3               | focal-updates   | source


This bug is to propose/discuss releasing a newer version to Bionic's Ubuntu Pro Updates, ideally synchronised with Focal's currently 1.7.9 versions.

** Affects: ubuntu-pro
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: ubuntu-pro/18.04
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: fwupd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: fwupd (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: fwupd (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: fwupd (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Also affects: ubuntu-pro
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: ubuntu-pro/18.04
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  [Bionic] Potential removal of support for fwupd 1.2.x from LVFS update
  servers

Status in Ubuntu Pro:
  New
Status in Ubuntu Pro 18.04 series:
  New
Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in fwupd source package in Bionic:
  New

Bug description:
  Upstream maintainer Richard Hughes has indicated a desire to drop
  support for fwupwd versions < 1.3 or perhaps < 1.4 in the following
  thread:

  https://fosstodon.org/@hughsie@mastodon.social/111037125208321746
  "If I disabled LVFS/fwupd updates for #fwupd versions < 1.3.0 then I could drop quite a lot of compat cruft on the LVFS. The only distros this would affect is Debian and RHEL-7."

  https://fosstodon.org/@hughsie@mastodon.social/111039362844764772
  "Urgh, #Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver is out of standard support but if you pay for Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) you can get support until 2028 -- and of course that ships fwupd 1.2.14. Does anyone know who at Canonical to give a heads up to?"

  We already have a StableReleaseUpdate exception for fwupd:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#fwupd_and_fwupdate
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/firmware-updates

  # rmadison fwupd -a source

   fwupd | 1.0.6-2                       | bionic          | source
   fwupd | 1.2.14-0~18.04.3              | bionic-updates  | source

   fwupd | 1.3.9-4                       | focal           | source
   fwupd | 1.7.9-1~20.04.3               | focal-updates   | source

  
  This bug is to propose/discuss releasing a newer version to Bionic's Ubuntu Pro Updates, ideally synchronised with Focal's currently 1.7.9 versions.

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