Bug#1107933: release-notes: document deborphan removal and replacement options
Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]> Sat, 19 Jul 2025 02:09:36 +0200
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Control: forwarded -1 https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/merge_requests/284 On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 01:19:46PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: > Package: release-notes > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > As mentioned in > <https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/merge_requests/240>, we > removed references to deborphan in the release notes; however, we should > mention that it was removed and also list alternatives. I lack the free time > to document alternatives, which is why I haven't done this yet. However, a > LOT of people (myself included) used the deborphan for decades after every > major Debian upgrade, so it's going to come up when trixie is released. In MR 284 I've now documented the deborphan removal. It also notes to use apt-mark minimize-manual and then apt autoremove. Improvements welcome in the MR. Chris