diff -u microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/templates microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/templates
--- microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/templates
+++ microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/templates
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 Template: microcode.ctl/check-new
 Type: boolean
-Default: false
+Default: true
 _Description: Download Intel CPU microcodes now?
  The microcode.ctl package needs the Intel microcodes for its operation.
  .
diff -u microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/changelog microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/changelog
--- microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/changelog
+++ microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+microcode.ctl (1.17-13ubuntu2) maverick; urgency=low
+
+  * Asking to download microcode should be medium priority rather than high,
+    since this is the common case, and the downloaded microcode is needed
+    for this package to be useful.
+
+ -- Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@gmail.com>  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:32:50 +0100
+
 microcode.ctl (1.17-13ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low
 
   [ Daniel J Blueman ]
diff -u microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/microcode.ctl.config microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/microcode.ctl.config
--- microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/microcode.ctl.config
+++ microcode.ctl-1.17/debian/microcode.ctl.config
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 db_capb backup
 
-db_input high microcode.ctl/check-new || true
+db_input medium microcode.ctl/check-new || true
 
 db_go