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Bug#929003: marked as done (release-notes: Provide specific instructions to remove obsolete packages)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #929003,
regarding release-notes: Provide specific instructions to remove obsolete packages
to be marked as done.

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Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

The buster release notes should provide more specifics when it comes
to removing obsolete packages.

The following patch makes 2 changes.

It recommends removing packages that are obsolete in stretch before
beginning the upgrade to buster.

It provides commands, instead of vague TUI recommendations, describing
how to remove obsolete packages.

Regards,
Karl

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.9
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

diff --git a/en/upgrading.dbk b/en/upgrading.dbk
index 30e138ab..90e4d189 100644
--- a/en/upgrading.dbk
+++ b/en/upgrading.dbk
@@ -309,6 +309,11 @@ $ apt-forktracer | sort
     <xref linkend="old-sources"/>.
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+    It is a good idea to <link linkend="obsolete">remove obsolete
+    packages</link> from your system before upgrading.
+  </para>
+
   <section id="proposed-updates">
     <title>The proposed-updates section</title>
     <para>
@@ -1296,10 +1301,14 @@ $ aptitude purge '~c'
   </para>
   <para>
     Detecting which packages in an updated system are <quote>obsolete</quote> is easy since the
-    package management front-ends will mark them as such.  If you are using
-    <command>aptitude</command>, you will see a listing of these packages in the
-    <quote>Obsolete and Locally Created Packages</quote> entry.
+    package management front-ends will mark them as such.
+    The  <systemitem role="package">aptitude</systemitem> commands to list and
+    purge obsolete commands are:
   </para>
+  <screen>
+# aptitude search '~o'
+# aptitude purge '~o'
+  </screen>
   <para>
     The <ulink url="&url-bts;">Debian Bug Tracking System</ulink>
     often provides additional information on why the package was removed.  You

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Hi,

On 16-05-2019 02:20, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> On Wed, 15 May 2019 23:05:29 +0100
> Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>>> Yes.  But you do "Preparing for the next release" _after_ upgrade.
>>> My suggestion is to _also_ tell people to get rid of obsolete
>>> packages before they start to upgrade.
>>
>> Ah, now I see where it fits.  Okay, revised patch.
> 
> Your patch is fine.  Attached is an alternate patch with
> a tweak the "text user interface" phrase to "textual
> user interface" so as to be more recognizably
> analogous with "graphical user interface".

I applied this patch and will push it shortly.

Paul

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