[SRU][Quantal, Precise][linux-meta][PATCH 0/2] Move metapackages to Section: kernel

[leann.ogasawara at canonical.com]

From: Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074787

== SRU Justification (Quantal, Precise) ==
Packages built from linux-meta source are currently in Section:
metapackages. The original rationale for this was that Recommends were
handled differently for 'metapackages' (bug #114662).

This rationale no longer applies and has not for a long time (all
recommends are now installed by default). Instead, use of this section
causes all *dependencies* of the linux metapackages to be marked as
'manual', preventing them from ever being cleaned up by apt autoremoval.

These patches for Quantal and Precise are necessary to help resolve the
clean old kernels blueprint [1].

Thanks,
Leann

[1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-r-clean-old-kernels