[Bug 1738272] [NEW] microcode packages, like firmware packages, should be in main

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You have been subscribed to a public bug by Steve Langasek (vorlon):

The MIR for intel-microcode and iucode-tool in LP: #1388889 requested
that these packages be shipped in restricted.

The iucode-tool package is free software, and is shipped in restricted
only because of the circular recommends with intel-microcode.

The intel-microcode package contains non-free software (free
redistribution, but no source code).  However, this code is not part of
the OS; it runs /under/ the OS on the CPU, and is analogous to linux-
firmware, which we do include in main.

The question of suitability for restricted vs. main in Ubuntu was not
examined as part of the previous MIR, and the security team signed off
on it for "restricted or main as appropriate"; so I think the decision
to put it in restricted was not based on a thorough examination of the
facts by an archive admin, and does not represent a precedent that needs
to be examined further.

I believe that these two packages should be promoted to main for
consistency.

** Affects: intel-microcode (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: iucode-tool (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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microcode packages, like firmware packages, should be in main
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738272
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