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(Get the code!)
They both sound awfully "generic" (pun intended), but I can't really come up with an example for a bad match, so lets just try it I guess.
That said, isn't the "deeper" problem that these metapackages can be removed easily even through they are important to keep the kernel up-to-date (and hence secure). Perhaps some should be "Important:yes"…
For the record: apts behavior is different depending on if you explicitly remove a metapackage vs. its removed as part of problem resolution like in a dist-upgrade or if you remove some dependee. Only in the later cases the manual bit is applied to the (other) dependencies of the metapackage.