Fwupd update recommendation

I noticed a fwupd udpate being held back,

$ apt list --upgradable
Listing… Done
fwupd/byzantium 1.5.7-4pureos0.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.5.7-4]
N: There is 1 additional version. Please use the ‘-a’ switch to see it

Someone else also reported an issue with this package udpate.

I went ahead and forced the update,

$ sudo apt install fwupd
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
libxmlb1
Use ‘sudo apt autoremove’ to remove it.
Suggested packages:
gir1.2-fwupd-2.0
Recommended packages:
secureboot-db fwupd-signed
The following packages will be REMOVED:
fwupd-amd64-signed
The following packages will be upgraded:
fwupd

So the package fwupd-amd64-signed was replaced with fwupd 1.5.7-4pureos0.1, I am assuming it is a PureOS specific version?

What about the other recommendations, gir1.2-fwupd-2.0, secureboot-db & fwupd-signed, are these required too? I am guessing they are in order to upgrade firmware packages on Librem running coreboot (?)

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