Bug#678726: Please drop cpufrequtils from task-laptop; linux-image now has a sensible default configuration
Package: tasksel
Version: 3.09
Severity: normal
As of version 3.2.21-1 of the Linux images, the Linux kernel now loads
any necessary cpufreq module itself based on cpuid, and the kernel
images have defaulted to the ondemand cpufreq governor for a while now.
Given those defaults, users no longer need cpufrequtils unless they want
to put their system into a non-default less energy-efficient
configuration.
So, please drop cpufrequtils from task-laptop.
Thanks,
Josh Triplett
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages tasksel depends on:
ii aptitude 0.6.8-1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.44
ii liblocale-gettext-perl 1.05-7+b1
pn tasksel-data <none>
tasksel recommends no packages.
tasksel suggests no packages.
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