I noticed that upstream provides Long Term Support versions: 0.9.38.x, which is the same branch in Xenial. According to the SRU policy, new upstream micro releases could be pushed as updates if they introduce only bug fixes, especially for Ubuntu LTS releases. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#New_upstream_microreleases
If you find that it is more beneficial and it is easier for you to push the whole micro release instead of cherry picking fixes, go for it.
Thanks Reiner for the debdiff.
I noticed that upstream provides Long Term Support versions: 0.9.38.x, which is the same branch in Xenial. According to the SRU policy, new upstream micro releases could be pushed as updates if they introduce only bug fixes, especially for Ubuntu LTS releases. https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/StableRelea seUpdates# New_upstream_ microreleases
If you find that it is more beneficial and it is easier for you to push the whole micro release instead of cherry picking fixes, go for it.