> While you're at it: if package-selected-packages (or whatever name you
> end up using) is not yet set (e.g. still nil), you could guess an
> initial value: take the list of packages that are installed and are not
> required by other installed packages.  I.e. choose as initial value of
> package-selected-packages the smallest set of packages such that
> package-autoremove won't have anything to remove.

I'll work on this, and then I'll add it in once this patch is applied.