Comment 0 for bug 1784797

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.