Comment 23 for bug 290024

Tux,

about leaving configuration files when removing packages: I decided that it is not safe to remove the configuration files automatically, since they can contain important data if they have been modified. However, because of time pressure from the intrepid release, I did not want to incorporate a subsystem that lets the user see what has been modified. This will be dealt with in the future, however, since, yes, removed but un-purged packages are cruft.