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[Rolf Leggewie <1074787@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

quantal has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any
updates. Marking the quantal task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: Fix Committed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  linux-meta metapackages should not be in section 'metapackages'

Status in linux-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-ac100 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-armadaxp package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-lowlatency package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-nexus7 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-ppc package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-ti-omap4 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-ac100 source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-armadaxp source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-lowlatency source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-nexus7 source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-meta-ppc source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-meta-ti-omap4 source package in Precise:
  New
Status in linux-meta source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in linux-meta-ac100 source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-armadaxp source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-lowlatency source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-nexus7 source package in Quantal:
  Invalid
Status in linux-meta-ppc source package in Quantal:
  Invalid
Status in linux-meta-ti-omap4 source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta source package in Raring:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-ac100 source package in Raring:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-armadaxp source package in Raring:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-lowlatency source package in Raring:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-nexus7 source package in Raring:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-ppc source package in Raring:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-meta-ti-omap4 source package in Raring:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  == SRU Justification ==
  Packages built from linux-meta source are currently in Section: metapackages.  The original rationale for this was that Recommends were handled differently for 'metapackages' (bug #114662).

  This rationale no longer applies and has not for a long time (all
  recommends are now installed by default).  Instead, use of this
  section causes all *dependencies* of the linux metapackages to be
  marked as 'manual', preventing them from ever being cleaned up by apt
  autoremoval.

  I have pushed changes to the archive overrides to move all of these
  packages from section 'metapackages' to section 'kernel', and I will
  be preparing an apt upload that automatically marks any such installed
  packages 'auto' instead of 'manual' as a one-time upgrade fixup.  The
  linux-meta source package should also make this change of moving
  everything from Section: metapackages to Section: kernel, to guard
  against this regressing in the future.

  == Test Case ==
  Examine kernel metapackage debs with dpkg-deb -I and confirm they are now in Section: kernel

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