The main reason to do this is kernel cruft. We have had kernels being flagged for removal for years now, and it's completely reliable. We really should garden that automatically.
Mark -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734104 Title: 'upgrade' in bionic should by default autoremove as well Status in apt package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In bionic, apt upgrade should also autoremove by default. I have a few bionic systems (upgrades from xenial mostly) which are not yet showing that behaviour, it may be we haven't implemented that yet so this is just a placeholder bug in that case :) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1734104/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
