Synaptic should warn about auto-removable packages
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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synaptic (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: synaptic
I know there are some older somewhat related bugs, but I decided to submit this separately as a feature request.
When uninstalling a package that will orphan dependencies, Synaptic doesn't warn the user that installed packages will be left behind. I agree that automatically removing them would be risky, but I think a message box would be good. Something like: "Removing packagename has left behind packages that may no longer be needed. Would you like to see a list of packages that can be safely removed? [yes/no]" Clicking "yes" would take the user to the Status->Installed (auto removable) list of packages. Right now, it is not immediately clear that such a list exists or how to access it.
Changed in synaptic: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in synaptic: | |
assignee: | nobody → ubuntu-core-dev |
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