Bug#296775: Needs more flexability when deleting packages

[martin02_lin]

Package: apt-move
Version: 4.2.23
Severity: wishlist
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When you allow apt-move to delete packages, it will delete all packages 
from alternate distributions.

For example, if you run "apt-move -d stable sync" it will delete all 
packages from unstable and testing if you allow it in apt-move.conf.

When deleting it needs to have the capability to disregard deleting 
packages from other valid distributions that are also being maintained 
on the same apt-move server.

Ideally, You would like to run separate delete command something like:
apt-move --cleanup --keep "stable testing unstable" \
        -c apt-move-delete.conf
Where --keep would either be a CL switch and/or a configuration 
parameter in apt-move.conf (apt-move-delete.conf)

Also it should also never be allowed to delete the very last package for 
any one distribution unless told to.

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Would it be easier to set a parameter that says always leave 3 or 4 
versions of the same package untouched?

For example in apt-move.conf:
# Minimum number of versions to retain per package even it is no longer
#   referenced in the Debian mirrors.
#   Default=1  Valid Range=1 to 100
MinNumPackageVerKept= <value>
(Which means that if Delete is enabled, delete every 
<packagename.version> except for the 4 newest ones if 
MinNumPackageVerKept=4)

Luther
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages apt-move depends on:
ii  apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3 0.5.28.4     Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  ash-knoppix [ash]           0.2-4        A smaller version of the 
Bourne sh
ii  bc                          1.06-17      The GNU bc arbitrary 
precision cal
ii  coreutils                   5.2.1-2      The GNU core utilities
ii  dash                        0.5.2-1      The Debian Almquist Shell
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared 
libraries an
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.4.3-9    GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.5-8    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  mawk                        1.3.3-11     a pattern scanning and text 
proces

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