From: waldi@debian.org 
  
 [Cc apt maintainers, as this interacts with the versioned package 
 support, reply-to kernel maintainers] 
  
 Hi 
  
 This is the plan to re-organize the Linux packages a bit, or maybe a 
 lot. 
  
 The goals are: 
 - Move packaged files out of `/boot` 
 - Replace extra cloud build with stripped down variant of the normal 
   build 
 - Prepare for pre-built initramfs and/or UKI 
 - Remove hard dependency between headers and (bootable) image 
  
 Does this look sensible? 
  
 Bastian 
  
 ## Implementation 
  
 ### Move files away from `/boot` 
  
 All the packages files are moved to `/usr/lib/modules/6.17-amd64`. 
 `linux-base` will include scripts to copy them to `/boot` and provide the 
 current interface for bootloaders. 
  
 ### Split modules out of `linux-image` package 
  
 Like the other distributions we should move all the modules into it's own 
 package, `linux-modules`.  We can then split this new package further in a 
 later change. 
  
 ### Replace extra cloud build with stripped down variant 
  
 We currently build a special config for cloud environments.  This comes with 
 some downsides, like we currently disable DRM and force traditional 
 framebuffer 
 drivers. 
  
 This should be replaced with a stripped down version of the normale variant. 
 It should specify possitivly which modules and dependencies should be 
 included, 
 without need to change the config. 
  
 Currently we use this extra variant for CI builds.  We need to find another 
 way 
 to do CI builds without exploiding build times.  Like stripping almost all 
 modules from the build. 
  
 ### Convert `linux-image` package into kind of meta-package 
  
 The `linux-image` packages are the interface for users to install.  We need 
 to 
 retain it in the function of installing a bootable kernel. 
  
 The files itself can be moved into a different package `linux-binary`. 
  
 ### Re-do dependencies in `linux-headers` 
  
 We want to fulfill the following conditions: 
 - `linux-image` and `linux-headers` can be installed independent. 
 - If both are installed, they need to be of the same version. 
 - This needs to apply both to the unversioned meta-packages and the 
 versioned 
   real ones. 
  
 This can be done by introducing a marker package, prior art is `gcc-14- 
 base`. 
  
 ### Fulfill current apt view on versioned kernel packages 
  
 apt includes code to not remove packages related to the current running 
 kernel. 
 It is done by matching `uname -r` to the end of the package name. 
  
 This means, for out stipped down cloud variant, we need to rename packages 
 to 
 fulfill this requirement. 
  
 Any communication regarding a more forgivable way have stalled in 
 https://bugs.debian.org/1060109. 
  
 ## Side effects 
  
 - Images will get uninstallable until signed packages are available by 
 default 
 - Closes way back to module signing via secure boot key 
 - Unsigned image is not longer installable in a booting configuration 
  
 ## Proposed package layout 
  
 | Package: linux-base-6.17-amd64 
 | Depends: 
 |  linux-base (>= 1), 
 | 
 | Package: linux-image-6.17-amd64 
 | Depends: 
 |  linux-binary-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 |  linux-modules-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 | 
 | Package: linux-image-cloud-6.17-amd64 
 | Depends: 
 |  linux-binary-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 |  linux-modules-cloud-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 | 
 | Package: linux-binary-6.17-amd64 
 | 
 | Package: linux-binary-uki-6.17-amd64 
 | Provides: 
 |  linux-binary-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 | Breaks: 
 |  linux-binary-6.17-amd64, 
 | 
 | Package: linux-binary-unsigned-6.17-amd64 
 | 
 | Package: linux-modules-6.17-amd64 
 | Depends: 
 |  linux-base-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 | 
 | Package: linux-modules-cloud-6.17-amd64 
 | Depends: 
 |  linux-base-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 | Provides: 
 |  linux-modules-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 | Breaks: 
 |  linux-modules-6.17-amd64, 
 | 
 | Package: linux-headers-6.17-amd64 
 | Depends: 
 |  linux-base-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 | 
 | Package: linux-base-amd64 
 | 
 | Package: linux-image-amd64 
 | Depends: 
 |  linux-base-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 |  linux-image-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 | 
 | Package: linux-image-cloud-amd64 
 | Depends: 
 |  linux-base-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 |  linux-image-cloud-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 | 
 | Package: linux-headers-amd64 
 | Depends: 
 |  linux-base-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 |  linux-headers-6.17-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
 | 
 | Package: linux-headers-cloud-amd64 
 | Depends: 
 |  linux-headers-amd64 (= ${Source-Version}), 
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