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

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 10:02:02AM -0500, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + patch
> 
> 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.

I do not see explict voices against the changes, Cyril am I correct
that this is fine as well from d-i point of view?

I have applied the patch to our debian/latest branch but have *not*
yet uploaded.

Regards,
Salvatore