Please revert LP:#1738259 (linux-image dependency on microcode)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
| Trusty |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
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.
| description: | updated |
| affects: | linux-meta (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu) |
| Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote Missing required logs. | #1 |
| Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| tags: | added: kernel-da-key |
| Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Changed in linux (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
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