they don't need to be complete: A planner can and should expect that any
package which wasn't explicitly configured will be configured at the end
automatically. That also means through that a planner is not allowed to
-produce a solution in which a package remains unconfigured.
+produce a solution in which a package remains unconfigured. Also,
+packages which are requested to be removed will be automatically removed
+at the end if not marked for removal explicitly earlier.
In terms of expressivity, all stanzas can carry one single field each, as
APT-IDs are enough to pinpoint packages to be installed/removed.
with the Progress field and might contain the following fields:
- **Progress:** (mandatory). The value of this field is a date and time
- timestamp, in RFC 2822 format. The timestamp provides a time
- annotation for the progress report.
+ timestamp from the UTC timezone, in RFC 2822 format (see 'date -uR' as
+ an example). The timestamp provides a time annotation for the
+ progress report.
- **Percentage:** (optional). An integer from 0 to 100, representing the
completion of the installation planning process, as declared by the