this package has ubuntu changes so it can't be synced, it must be merged.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/Merging
Also at this point in the cycle you would have to request a feature freeze
exception for the new features.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess
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The new upstream version contains all the fixes addressed in the ubuntu
patches (FTBFS) and provides new features as well. So according to the
wiki on merging, we can perform a sync.
I realize we're too late in the cycle to perform a regular sync, so I'm
just submitting this report in advance for