Re: dnf autoremove by default on upgrades

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On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 9:39 PM Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 07:15:39PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This might be a bad idea. But I'm looking for better ideas than status quo.
> >
> > A known problem is upgraded systems get crusty over time. Maybe folks
> > should clean install more often, yet they don't.
> >
> > If there's a new good idea, but it's a short term solution, the fact it'll
> > live forever acts as a deterrent to implementing it.
> >
> > What if there were an autoremove for anything older than Fedora n-2, that
> > is, keep current plus last two releases? i.e. for upgrades to Fedora 33,
> > keep stale packages from 33, 32, and 31.
> >
> > Or another idea?
>
> Well, we already have fedora-obsolete-packages. That should handlle this
> case no? Folks who want to have obsolete things removed can make sure to
> have fedora-obsolete-packages installed and it should obsolete those.

It's not installed by default. Should it be?


-- 
Chris Murphy
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