[Bug 1163155] [NEW] keep the 3 or 5 youngest linux-image-*-generic and autoremove the rest

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Keep a configurable number (per default maybe 3) of the youngest installed generic kernel images.
Onlye the generic ones! Selfbuild kernels are not affected of that.

Ubuntu-Systems running very long without reinstallation. After some
years of updating there are a lot of old kernel-images installed but
never used. It is a lot of space for mobile devices like netbooks,
laptops or smaller.


It can be realize (like feudora does) with a meta-package like "kernel-lates" which is assoziated with the last/youngest 3 kernels.

All older one would be autoremoved.

Of course there could be selected another solution to make it easier to
configure if someone need to keep all old kernels.

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apt-get aptitude kernel packaging
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keep the 3 or 5 youngest linux-image-*-generic and autoremove the rest
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1163155
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