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Title: Please revert LP:#1738259 (linux-image dependency on microcode) Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1784797/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
