Public bug reported:
Please revert LP: #1738259 (linux-image dependency on microcode).
For Ubuntu 14.04, after the 3.13.0-148 update on the linux-image-generic
package, intel-microcode AND amd64-microcode have become a hard
dependency on almost every Ubuntu installation. I know this was done for
security's sake, but I (as a user) am not impressed with the change - at
least the _way_ the change is pushed is too hard.
Specifically, there are two problems with the push:
1. It forces user to install one unnecessary package for microcode that
do not apply for their CPU architecture (intel-microcode for an AMD CPU
or amd64-microcode for an Intel's).
2. For licensing reasons, intel-microcode and amd64-microcode shouldn't
be pushed to main from restricted, and I bet some free software purists
would refrain from installing any microcode update package at all. (They
would value freedom more than security.)
A better approach would be to let linux-image-generic just "Recommend"
the microcode packages rather than Depend on them. Please revert the
hard dependency.
** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
- Please revert LP:#1738259 (linux-image dependency on microcode).
+ Please revert LP: #1738259 (linux-image dependency on microcode).
For Ubuntu 14.04, after the 3.13.0-148 update on the linux-image-generic
package, intel-microcode AND amd64-microcode have become a hard
dependency on almost every Ubuntu installation. I know this was done for
security's sake, but I (as a user) am not impressed with the change - at
least the _way_ the change is pushed is too hard.
Specifically, there are two problems with the push:
1. It forces user to install one unnecessary package for microcode that
do not apply for their CPU architecture (intel-microcode for an AMD CPU
or amd64-microcode for an Intel's).
2. For licensing reasons, intel-microcode and amd64-microcode shouldn't
be pushed to main from restricted, and I bet some free software purists
would refrain from installing any microcode update package at all. (They
would value freedom more than security.)
A better approach would be to let linux-image-generic just "Recommend"
the microcode packages rather than Depend on them. Please revert the
hard dependency.
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