Bug#1099613: marked as done (release-notes: have users install linux-sysctl-defaults)

Richard Lewis <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Jun 2025 11:10:04 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.documentation
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> > the package linux-sysctl-defaults got introduced in trixie and is
> > Priority: important. Most users should install it, to avoid being
> > surprised by behaviour changes when not having it.

> https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/merge_requests/232
> was merged.
> Closing.

Is this MR definitely sufficient? - that MR was only about ping, but
are there other reasons you might want this package installed?

if i understand it, it installs
https://sources.debian.org/src/linux-base/4.12/sysctl.d/50-default.conf/
which looks like it includes other things too?

should we have general "to avoid surprises we suggest you install all
priority: required (or even: important? standard?) packages (unless
you know you dont want them), for example?