Hello, hdparm is a popular package which has been recently orphaned (see #816168). It provides an udeb so it might be needed/useful in the context of debian-installer too. There are multiple reverse dependencies too.
There are 4 RC bugs against it and a new upstream release waiting to be packaged. It would be nice if some people could take over the package and bring it back to shape. Ccing debian-mentors since new contributors are likely to follow that list. https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/hdparm The package description is: Get/set device parameters for Linux SATA/IDE drives. Primary use is for enabling irq-unmasking and IDE multiplemode. Thank you, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: http://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: http://debian-handbook.info/get/