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Bug#1090811: please set linux-sysctl-defaults to Priority: important

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On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 03:52:55PM -0800, Tianon Gravi wrote:
>      > Regarding tasksel vs. Priority, the latter has a potential for a much
>      > wider impact: lots of Debian system are installed without d-i and/or
>      > tasksel, and most if not all would get the package via Priority.
>      (Think
>      > of all the tools building Debian images, chroots, containers, etc., on
>      > top of debootstrap/mmdebstrap/etc.)
> 
>      I'm not sure it's the case that most of those other systems install
>      Priority: standard.  Debootstrap certainly doesn't by itself, and I
>      don't think the debuerreotype tool for building OCI images does either.
>      In any case, your point still stands.  I'll re-assign this to general
>      for now, and we can discuss the options in a broader context.
> 
>      FWIW, we have added linux-sysctl-defaults to the sid/trixie VM images
>      built by the cloud team.
> 
>      noah
> 
>    I think "Priority: important" is probably appropriate here? 
>    [2]https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debootstrap/-/blob/c019a546a37b9284f0503c955d0f198044a7e2f0/scripts/debian-common#L29
>    Then it's installed by default in standard / d-i, but not part of minbase,
>    buildd, etc.
>    (It wouldn't affect/do anything in most container images or runtimes
>    anyhow, which is also an argument for it being harmless to include. 🤷)

Hi kernel team.  Per the earlier discussion in this bug, please raise
the priority of linux-sysctl-defaults to important in order to ensure
that it's present by default in typical Debian installations.

Patch is attached.

Thanks
noah

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Bug#1090811: please set linux-sysctl-defaults to Priority: important Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2024-12-22 16:10 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#1090811: please set linux-sysctl-defaults to  Priority: important "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-12-22 16:10 +0100
  Bug#1090811: please set linux-sysctl-defaults to Priority: important Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-12-22 16:40 +0100
    Bug#1090811: please set linux-sysctl-defaults to Priority: important Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2024-12-22 16:50 +0100
  Bug#1090811: please set linux-sysctl-defaults to Priority: important Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-01-01 07:20 +0100
    Bug#1090811: please set linux-sysctl-defaults to Priority: important Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2025-01-01 13:10 +0100
      Bug#1090811: please set linux-sysctl-defaults to Priority: important Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-01-01 14:10 +0100

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