Bug#837066: apt: Please add a configuration parameter that allows one to autoremove Priority:required packages

[Johannes Schauer <josch@debian.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 1.3~rc4
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

currently, apt will refuse to autoremove Priority:required packages.
Thus in sbuild I'm currently hacking around this problem by feeding apt
a manually crafted dpkg status file with all priorities set to extra. I
would like to get rid of this workaround and be able to tell apt that it
should also autoremove Priority:required packages.

Please add a configuration variable that allows me to do this.

Thanks!

cheers, josch