[Bug 2060143] Re: FFe: Move fwupd to zstd instead of xz

[Mario Limonciello]

** No longer affects: libxmlb (Ubuntu)

** Description changed:

- Fwupd 1.9.16 and libxmlb 0.3.16 have added support to get metadata from
- LVFS using ZSTD format instead of of XZ format.
+ Fwupd 1.9.16 has added support to get metadata from LVFS using ZSTD
+ format instead of of XZ format.
  
  In light of CVE-2024-3094 and Ubuntu 24.04 being an LTS I wanted to
- discuss considering an upgrade to libxmlb 0.3.16 and fwupd 1.9.16 to
- make fwupd not use xz by default.
+ discuss considering an upgrade to fwupd 1.9.16 to make fwupd not use xz
+ by default.

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Title:
  FFe: Move fwupd to zstd instead of xz

Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Fwupd 1.9.16 has added support to get metadata from LVFS using ZSTD
  format instead of of XZ format.

  In light of CVE-2024-3094 and Ubuntu 24.04 being an LTS I wanted to
  discuss considering an upgrade to fwupd 1.9.16 to make fwupd not use
  xz by default.

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