[cjcox]

Cryovac wrote:
> I agree with many of the OP points, but if all were included it would
> result in less control over package libs and deps and so perhaps the
> best solution is for a 'basic' and 'advanced' packaging feature. The
> problem being of course that RPM does not have any such 'reverse-dep'
> removal capability and so the point is almost nonexistent until that is
> resolved.

It's not designed for that... so... don't count on that one getting
resolved anytime soon. Would probably require moving away from rpm.
And no... AFAIK, the infamous apt-get-deb isn't going to solve
this either.