Comment 2 for bug 979760

linux-crashdump is a meta-package that will install :
 - kexec-tools
 - makedumpfile
 - crash
 - libdw1
 - linux-crashdump

While this is not a single package, it does fulfill one single requirement which is to allow Ubuntu Server to generate diagnostic data upon a kernel panic.

Making a task out of this seems like the less intrusive and most easily implemented way of suggesting installation of the crash dump mechanism upon install, but I'm totally available to other suggestions.