[Aptitude-devel] Bug#570377: Aptitude removals

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2015-10-11 21:36:19 +1300, Chris Tillman wrote:
> I bought a new (used) computer, and installed a new system. This annoying
> behaviour came back, of course, because I had set the old one up to get rid
> of it.
> 
> For anyone being affected by these bugs, or annoyed by removals being
> offered first, I'd suggest trying this in your ~/.aptitude/config file:
> 
> Aptitude "";
> Aptitude::ProblemResolver "";
> Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Remove-Level "10001";
[...]

In https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/07/msg00398.html
Andrei POPESCU suggested:

  Aptitude::ProblemResolver::SolutionCost "removals";

but this can lead to downgrades:

  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=762932

How does your solution behave compared to this one?

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