[Bug 2167086] Re: [FFe] Please drop busybox-static from lubuntu-desktop-minimal and ubuntu-standard

[Skia]

Thanks for helping clarify the situation on a side-channel, and updating the description accordingly. FFe granted.
Please make sure to roll out all the changes before the end of next week, so that everything is correctly included in the Beta and no further changes are needed afterwards (unless Beta finds bugs, of course!).

** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  [FFe] Please drop busybox-static from lubuntu-desktop-minimal and
  ubuntu-standard

Status in lubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  lubuntu-desktop-minimal and ubuntu-standard depend on busybox-static
  for the boot recovery spec [1] to provide a static shell for disaster
  recovery. See also bug #505887.

  The topic of static builds where raised on
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/09/msg00052.html and the
  discussion shows that using busybox-static is for niche use cases. I
  asked around and nearly nobody has been using busybox-static for
  recovery. It is much, much more common to use some live media to boot
  and do stuff from there, having all tools available.

  Since ubuntu-standard depends on busybox-static dracut will use
  busybox-static instead of busybox, because both binary packages are
  conflicting with each other (see bug #2167087). This is a functional
  change since we dropped busybox-initramfs in favor of busybox this
  cycle (see bug #2157328).

  So please drop busybox-static from lubuntu-desktop-minimal and ubuntu-
  standard.

  [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-
  boot-recovery

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