Leftover configuration files are not inconvenient, they are the norm
even for dpkg-managed conffiles. And Debian policy forbids packages to
play with the content of /home.
I'm afraid that dpkg is not the right answer for your problem. Maybe
there can be a new tool that hooks into dpkg to detect removals... but
in general I would rather not auto-remove user configuration during a
package removal.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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Deb packages should include configuration files installed in the home
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