On 13/07/25 at 11:49 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 3.0.3 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > When cleaning up cruft in a system, I used to use debfoster, which is > nice because it allows me to get a short list of packages that are > really the ones I want to keep, excluding all packages that are > dependencies (or installed for other reasons). > > I understand apt-mark manual/auto is the new way to solve this, but I'm > missing a tool that analyzes my system and provides a list of packages > that can safely be marked 'auto'. > > 'apt-mark minimize-manual' doesn't really do that, because it only looks at > dependencies of meta packages. > > I wrote a POC (using AI) to demonstrate what I mean: > https://salsa.debian.org/lucas/apt-suggest-auto > > But I wonder if you would consider adding similar functionality in apt > directly (typically by replacing the current implementation in apt-mark > minimize-manual, or adding another subcommand).
Hi, A merge request to integrate this into apt-mark: https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/merge_requests/502 Lucas
