[Bug 2105880] [NEW] Current fwupd packages in Focal and Jammy are EOL

[Jim Campbell]

Public bug reported:

The 'fwupd' package in Ubuntu is responsible for retrieving firmware
updates from the Linux Vendor Firmware Service [1] and applying them to
Ubuntu client hosts. The fwupd package version that is shipped with
Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 [2] is currently End of Life, though, and is not
even receiving security updates. We think this package should be updated
to a supported version [3].

Apparently one of the fwupd developers submitted a Stable Release Update
request some time ago, but no action was taken on updating the package
in 20.04 or 22.04. I do not have the details for that submission,
though, but is this effort generally something that you could move
along? Here is a relevant bug report [4] that brought all of this to our
attentions.

Thanks for your consideration,

Jim

[1] https://fwupd.org/
[2] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwupd
[3] https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/blob/main/SECURITY.md
[4] https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/8629

** Affects: fwupd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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Title:
  Current fwupd packages in Focal and Jammy are EOL

Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The 'fwupd' package in Ubuntu is responsible for retrieving firmware
  updates from the Linux Vendor Firmware Service [1] and applying them
  to Ubuntu client hosts. The fwupd package version that is shipped with
  Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 [2] is currently End of Life, though, and is
  not even receiving security updates. We think this package should be
  updated to a supported version [3].

  Apparently one of the fwupd developers submitted a Stable Release
  Update request some time ago, but no action was taken on updating the
  package in 20.04 or 22.04. I do not have the details for that
  submission, though, but is this effort generally something that you
  could move along? Here is a relevant bug report [4] that brought all
  of this to our attentions.

  Thanks for your consideration,

  Jim

  [1] https://fwupd.org/
  [2] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwupd
  [3] https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/blob/main/SECURITY.md
  [4] https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/8629

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