On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:24:29 -0400 Antoine Beaupre <anar...@debian.org> wrote:
> The release notes, in sections 4.2.2 and 4.8, actually suggest *three* > *different* ways of finding what are essential orphaned packages: > > aptitude search '~o' > aptitude search '?narrow(?installed, ?not(?origin(Debian)))' > apt-forktracer | sort > I think this bug has been fixed. Current text is pretty clear there are two separate issues: - "non-debian packages" (4.2.2, which has the second two commands): remove before upgrading (and (perhaps no-longer?) mentions orphaned packages at all) - "removed from debian" (4.8, which has the first command): can only be done after upgrading It is perhaps worth considering more clearly splitting "before the release" and "after the release" actions into separate chapters? (post bullseye?) - eg 4.7 and 4.8 could be put at the start of chapter 5 as they seem like 'issues to be aware of for the new release' as much as the are about 'upgrading'.
