Is it safe to purge apache2-common?

[Mike Bird <mgb-debian@yosemite.net>]

After installing apache2.2-common I'm left with apache2-common in
state "install config-files":

$ dpkg -l | grep apache | cut -b-70
ic  apache2-common           2.0.55-4.1              next generation,
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork      2.2.3-2                 Traditional model
ii  apache2-utils            2.2.3-2                 utility programs
ii  apache2.2-common         2.2.3-2                 Next generation,
ii  libapache2-mod-perl2     2.0.2-2.2               Integration of pe
ii  libapache2-mod-php4      4.4.4-3                 server-side, HTML

In light of recent reports of symlinks being removed[1], and
the statement that apache2.2 takes care of it if apache2 is
*not* purged[2], is it now safe to purge apache2-common?

Thanks,

--Mike Bird

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-apache/2006/10/msg00351.html
[2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-apache/2006/10/msg00362.html