This is no longer an issue post-xenial, since we now default to swap files.
For xenial, a low-touch solution might be to just cap the minimum swap size at 
2G, as per this attached patch.

** Patch added: "partman-auto.debdiff"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+bug/1351267/+attachment/5057359/+files/partman-auto.debdiff

** Also affects: partman-auto (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: partman-auto (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: partman-auto (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => dann frazier (dannf)

** Changed in: partman-auto (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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  partman-auto prefers to give disk to swap, leaving root too small

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