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[Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

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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.

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