This is a problem. Seeing as how all the apps that are supposed to get removed are QT based, I'm wondering if this is related to Debian's QT team stepping down...
Gotta wait and see where this is going.
tanja@tanja-debian:~$ sudo apt dist-upgrade
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
akqml audacious-plugins-data breeze-icon-theme catdoc dvgrab fonts-open-sans gir1.2-caja-2.0 jami-daemon kamera kdenlive-data libaccounts-glib0 libaccounts-qt5-1 libaudcore5 libaudgui5 libaudqt2 libaudtag3
libavkys8 libchm1 libcloudproviders0 libcmark0.29.0 libebur128-1 libegl-dev libepub0 libfakekey0 libgl-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libglx-dev libkaccounts2 libkf5baloo5 libkf5balooengine5 libkf5bluezqt-data
libkf5bluezqt6 libkf5calendarevents5 libkf5filemetadata-bin libkf5filemetadata-data libkf5filemetadata3 libkf5kdcraw5 libkf5kipi-data libkf5kipi32.0.0 libkf5kirigami2-5 libkf5people-data libkf5people5
libkf5peoplebackend5 libkf5peoplewidgets5 libkf5plasma5 libkf5plasmaquick5 libkf5pulseaudioqt2 libkf5purpose5 libmlt++3 libmlt-data libmlt6 libmovit8 libnextcloudsync0 libolm3 libpodofo0.9.6 libpoppler-qt5-1
libpthread-stubs0-dev libqt5keychain1 libqt5multimediaquick5 libqt5qmlworkerscript5 libqt5quickcontrols2-5 libqt5quickparticles5 libqt5quicktemplates2-5 libqt5test5 libqt5webengine5 libquicktime2 librtaudio6
librttr-core0.9.6 libsidplayfp4 libsignon-plugins-common1 libsignon-qt5-1 libspdlog1 libvulkan-dev libx11-dev libxau-dev libxcb-cursor0 libxcb-damage0 libxcb1-dev libxdmcp-dev libxext-dev libzip4 melt
nemo-python nextcloud-desktop-common nextcloud-desktop-doc nextcloud-desktop-l10n optipng oxygen-icon-theme python-caja-common python3-apsw python3-caja python3-chm python3-cssselect
python3-dbus.mainloop.pyqt5 python3-html2text python3-html5-parser python3-ifaddr python3-mechanize python3-msgpack python3-netifaces python3-pyqt5.sip python3-regex python3-repoze.lru python3-routes
python3-webob python3-zeroconf qdbus-qt5 qml-module-org-kde-bluezqt qml-module-org-kde-kconfig qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrolsaddons qml-module-org-kde-people qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel
qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qtqml qml-module-qtqml-models2 qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qtquick-particles2 qml-module-qtquick-templates2
qml-module-qtquick-window2 qt5-qmake qt5-qmake-bin qtbase5-dev-tools qtchooser recordmydesktop signon-plugin-oauth2 sshfs stellarium-data ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra webcamoid-data
webcamoid-plugins x11proto-core-dev x11proto-dev x11proto-xext-dev xorg-sgml-doctools xtrans-dev
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
appimagelauncher audacious audacious-plugins caja-nextcloud calibre calibre-bin gwenview hplip-gui jami kaccounts-providers kde-spectacle kdeconnect kdenlive libkf5purpose-bin libqt5gui5 libqt5opengl5
libqt5opengl5-dev libqt5quick5 nemo-nextcloud nextcloud-desktop nheko plasma-framework protonmail-bridge protonmail-import-export-app python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qtsvg python3-pyqt5.qtwebchannel
python3-pyqt5.qtwebengine qml-module-org-kde-kirigami2 qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrols qml-module-org-kde-newstuff qml-module-org-kde-purpose qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects qml-module-qtmultimedia
qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-extras qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets qml-module-qtquick2 qt5-default qtbase5-dev stellarium webcamoid
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libqt5gui5-gles libqt5quick5-gles
The following packages have been kept back:
gcc-8-base libpython2-stdlib python2 python2-minimal
The following packages will be upgraded:
console-setup console-setup-linux cpp-10 distro-info-data element-desktop enchant-2 findutils firefox fonts-noto fonts-noto-core fonts-noto-mono fonts-noto-ui-core fonts-noto-unhinted fonts-opensymbol g++-10
gcc-10 gcc-10-base gcc-10-base:i386 gir1.2-lokdocview-0.1 ibverbs-providers keyboard-configuration libasan6 libatomic1 libcc1-0 libcharls2 libdebconfclient0 libenchant-2-2 libfile-mimeinfo-perl libgcc-10-dev
libgcc-s1 libgcc-s1:i386 libgfortran5 libgomp1 libgsasl7 libibverbs1 libimage-exiftool-perl libitm1 libjuh-java libjurt-java libkf5xmlgui-bin libkf5xmlgui5 libldap-2.4-2 libldap-common liblibreoffice-java
liblibreofficekitgtk liblsan0 libnftnl11 libpmem1 libqt5concurrent5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 libqt5designer5 libqt5help5 libqt5multimedia5 libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5
libqt5multimediaquick5 libqt5multimediawidgets5 libqt5network5 libqt5positioning5 libqt5printsupport5 libqt5qml5 libqt5qmlmodels5 libqt5qmlworkerscript5 libqt5quickcontrols2-5 libqt5quickparticles5
libqt5quicktemplates2-5 libqt5quickwidgets5 libqt5script5 libqt5sensors5 libqt5serialport5 libqt5sql5 libqt5sql5-mysql libqt5sql5-sqlite libqt5svg5 libqt5test5 libqt5texttospeech5 libqt5waylandclient5
libqt5waylandcompositor5 libqt5webchannel5 libqt5webengine-data libqt5webengine5 libqt5webenginecore5 libqt5webenginewidgets5 libqt5webkit5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5x11extras5 libqt5xml5 libquadmath0 librdmacm1
libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-base-drivers libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk3 libreoffice-help-common
libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-impress libreoffice-java-common libreoffice-math libreoffice-nlpsolver libreoffice-report-builder libreoffice-report-builder-bin libreoffice-script-provider-bsh
libreoffice-script-provider-js libreoffice-script-provider-python libreoffice-sdbc-firebird libreoffice-sdbc-mysql libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql libreoffice-style-colibre libreoffice-style-elementary
libreoffice-wiki-publisher libreoffice-writer libreofficekit-data libridl-java libruby2.7 libspice-server1 libstdc++-10-dev libstdc++6 libstdc++6:i386 libtsan0 libubsan1 libuno-cppu3 libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3
libuno-purpenvhelpergcc3-3 libuno-sal3 libuno-salhelpergcc3-3 libunoil-java libunoloader-java liburing1 libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox libvirt-daemon-driver-xen libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-daemon-system-systemd libvirt0 libxml2 libxml2-dev libxml2-utils lintian pci.ids python3-dbus.mainloop.pyqt5 python3-libxml2
python3-numpy python3-pil python3-uno python3-virtualenv qdbus-qt5 qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qtqml qml-module-qtqml-models2 qml-module-qtquick-controls2
qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qtquick-particles2 qml-module-qtquick-templates2 qml-module-qtquick-window2 qt5-gtk-platformtheme qt5-gtk2-platformtheme qt5-image-formats-plugins qt5-qmake
qt5-qmake-bin qt5-style-plugin-cleanlooks qt5-style-plugin-motif qt5-style-plugin-plastique qt5-style-plugins qt5ct qtbase5-dev-tools qtspeech5-speechd-plugin qttranslations5-l10n qtwayland5 ruby2.7
uno-libs-private ure usbutils
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