Re: dnf autoremove by default on upgrades

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On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 12:52 PM Brian (bex) Exelbierd
<bexelbie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 3:38 AM Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 9:16 PM Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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?
>> >
>>
>> We currently advise running dnf autoremove and examining the output to
>> see if it's acceptable to autoremove.
>
>
> Where?  I tend to use the Fedora Magazine articles to refresh my memory and they don't mention this command: https://fedoramagazine.org/upgrading-fedora-30-to-fedora-31/
>

It's mentioned in the system-upgrade quick doc:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf-system-upgrade/#sect-clean-up-old-packages


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