bug#27010: The "package-autoremove" will remove many useful packages.

bug#27010: The "package-autoremove" will remove many useful packages.

[王志鹏]

When I use this feature, it will remove many useful packages.
Under what circumstances will the packages be autoremove?
This is my “report-emacs-bug” information:


From: tlmf@TLMF.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: 25.2; The package-autoremove will remove many useful packages.
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bug#27010: The "package-autoremove" will remove many useful packages.

[Glenn Morris]

王志鹏 wrote:

> When I use this feature, it will remove many useful packages.
> Under what circumstances will the packages be autoremove?

When they are not listed in package-selected-packages, or dependencies
of packages so listed. This is not a detailed answer, but your report
isn't detailed either.