The Jammy update can only be released after the fix is also present in
Mantic, Noble (LTS), and Oracular.

It is a requirement[1][2] of the SRU process that all releases up to the
development one (currently Oracular) have the fix, to prevent users who
upgrade to the next ubuntu release experience a regression. In
particular, in the case of a fingerprint reader, such an upgrade could
even prevent login if the support for that reader is suddenly gone in
the next ubuntu release.

Regarding this comment:
> @Andreas, The main reason is that the fix is for oem hardware enablement and 
> those target LTS series.

I understand the focus on the LTS releases (noble became one after this
bug was filed). Note the updated package is landing in the ubuntu
archive, not some oem-specific repository, so it will be available to
all ubuntu users. Therefore, I believe the do-not-regress-on-release-
upgrades principle still applies.


1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Newer_Releases
2. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#General_Requirements

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