Actually I see the FW has a hardcode requirement of: <requires> <id compare="ge" version="1.8.1">org.freedesktop.fwupd</id> </requires>
So if that is there for a strong enough reason (that it couldn't be downgraded to 1.7.9 with backports), then I suppose it will have to remain as is.
Actually I see the FW has a hardcode requirement of: "1.8.1" >org.freedeskto p.fwupd< /id>
<requires>
<id compare="ge" version=
</requires>
So if that is there for a strong enough reason (that it couldn't be downgraded to 1.7.9 with backports), then I suppose it will have to remain as is.