Just like removing a package, updating a package can also let dependencies go unneeded. So it would be nice if we could allow dup --clean-deps with a similar behavior to remove --clean-deps, i.e. remove all packages that were needed by the earlier version but are now unused.
There could also be a flag in zypp.conf: we probably shouldn't reuse solver.cleandepsOnRemove since it refers to removal, but we could have solver.cleandepsOnUpgrade or similar to solver.upgradeRemoveDroppedPackages it could be called solver.upgradeRemoveUnneededPackages.
This can be seen as automatic alternative to #116 , and is probably most comfortable to use after #89 has been implemented.
Just like removing a package, updating a package can also let dependencies go unneeded. So it would be nice if we could allow
dup --clean-depswith a similar behavior toremove --clean-deps, i.e. remove all packages that were needed by the earlier version but are now unused.There could also be a flag in
zypp.conf: we probably shouldn't reusesolver.cleandepsOnRemovesince it refers to removal, but we could havesolver.cleandepsOnUpgradeor similar tosolver.upgradeRemoveDroppedPackagesit could be calledsolver.upgradeRemoveUnneededPackages.This can be seen as automatic alternative to #116 , and is probably most comfortable to use after #89 has been implemented.