Discussed this with the release team and it seems completely appropriate for this to be a Recommends: such that it can be removed in those rare cases it is deemed not needed by a knowledgeable owner.
Pushed this change to vivid, and submitted for SRU to utopic. ** Summary changed: - why does linux-image-generic depend on thermald + consider dropping thermald to a Recommends: on linux-image-* meta packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387144 Title: consider dropping thermald to a Recommends: on linux-image-* meta packages Status in “linux-meta” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in “linux-meta” source package in Utopic: In Progress Status in “linux-meta” source package in Vivid: Fix Committed Bug description: i've just upgraded to 14.10, and i see that linux-image-generic now lists thermald as a dependency. is this really a genuine requirement now, that without which a computer cannot be used? can this be listed as a recommended or suggested dependency instead, so that it is not forced to be installed on computers which have no use for it? --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.16.0-23-generic. AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D4p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.values: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=/dev/mapper/vg1-swap IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Lspci: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T3500 Package: linux (not installed) PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-23-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg1-root ro nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.16.0-23-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.16.0-23-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.138 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Tags: utopic utopic utopic Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-28 (0 days ago) UserGroups: WifiSyslog: _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 05/28/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A17 dmi.board.name: 09KPNV dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 7 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA17:bd05/28/2013:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStationT3500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn09KPNV:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr: dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation T3500 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/1387144/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
