[Bug 50791] Re: [dist-upgrader] When doing a dist-upgrade the upgrade tool should give the option to remove packages not being maintained in main any more

[Robert Roth]

Marking this as Fix Released as distupgrade now handles obsolete and not
supported packages, gives the option to remove them.

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  [dist-upgrader] When doing a dist-upgrade the upgrade tool should give
  the option to remove packages not being maintained in main any more

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  When upgrading from Breezy to Dapper there is this step where it says
  that in the next step some packages will be removed if you do not have
  universe enabled. I think it would be useful to have the option to
  remove these packages even if you have universe enabled as they seem
  mostly useless to the normal user/deprecated by newer versions or
  other software.

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