Last time I tried to use it I was burned when it came to removing packages. Sure, I can remove them by hand, but then what good is my package management system?

Last time I tried to use it I was burned when it came to removing packages. Sure, I can remove them by hand, but then what good is my package management system? The hairier installation is, the more configuration files it creates and modifies all over the system, the more urgent is the need for reliable management system. And there are packages that can't not write all over the system. SSH is one. Sage's another.