This is an explicit feature – apt will mark the packages as manual if
the metapackage is removed as a consequence of another package (e.g. you
remove the browser the metapackage depends on, the office-suite will be
marked as manual to prevent it to be removed automatically just because
you don't like the browser).
If you request the removal of the metapackage explicitly through, the
dependencies will not be marked. You can do that manually as you see
fit. This is done so that people who install a suite of packages via a
metapackage can get right of this suite in (roughly) the same way they
installed it.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Opinion
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Removing a meta package shouldn't mark any of it's deps/recommends for
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