Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.109.1 Severity: wishlist I'd like to backport the prepend_earlyinitramfs() support to a stable update of initramfs-tools.
The two patches in 0.112..0.113 apply directly on top of 0.109.1, and are apropriate to 0.109.1. The feature has been in unstable and testing for some time now, and no bugs were reported. Alternatively, we could backport v0.113 as is to stable, as it fixes some real bugs that can cause trouble for stable users that use new kernels (such as #700572), and doesn't introduce any risky changes. A stable update of initramfs-tools adding prepend_earlyinitramfs() support to wheezy would make it possible to do a stable update of intel-microcode (which will be required anyway due to critical fixes recently issued by Intel for several processors) that can support early firmware updates. People do use the LTS 3.10 kernel with Debian wheezy, it would be a very good thing to be able to better support this kernel, and support early firmware updates for those people out-of-the-box. It will also come on very handy for wheezy-and-a-half (updated kernel) if we decide to release it. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
