Bug#1077238: Upgrade will break networking, thus unable to download missing packages

From	Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1077238: Upgrade will break networking, thus unable to download missing packages
Date	2024-07-27 12:10 +0200
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Control: retitle -1 Please extend NEWS to clarify what users can and should do

On Saturday, 27 July 2024 11:30:37 CEST Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Yes. The news item needs to warn:
> 
> ** Warning: if you take no action, upon the next boot you might
> 1. Not be able to network.
> 2. Not be able to see your screen.
> 3. Not be able to boot.
> and thus unable to install the new packages to fix it too.
> Therefore be sure to install the new packages ... now, unless you are
> sure you know what you are doing.

I guess it won't hurt to expand the NEWS item to:
- Make sure users have installed the Recommended packages they need
- Inform them that they can remove the automatically installed Recommended
  packages they don't need (which may help with the initramfs-tools bug in
  0.142 and the IMO too small default /boot partition)

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Bug#1077238: Upgrade will break networking, thus unable to download missing packages Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-07-27 11:30 +0200
  Bug#1077238: Upgrade will break networking, thus unable to download missing packages Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-07-27 12:10 +0200
    Processed: Re: Bug#1077238: Upgrade will break networking, thus  unable to download missing packages "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-07-27 12:10 +0200

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