The symptom I'm running into is that after selecting "Delete downloaded packages after installation", when I download new packages/updates, they remain in /var/cache/apt/archives, taking up space. I didn't have any particular expectation on the fate of packages already in /var/cache/apt/archives at the time I changed the option -- I don't recall what that behaviour was.
In short: "Delete downloaded packages after installation" doesn't work for me, at all. (Corey, does it work for you?)
Ah. Your use of tenses confused me.
The symptom I'm running into is that after selecting "Delete downloaded packages after installation", when I download new packages/updates, they remain in /var/cache/ apt/archives, taking up space. I didn't have any particular expectation on the fate of packages already in /var/cache/ apt/archives at the time I changed the option -- I don't recall what that behaviour was.
In short: "Delete downloaded packages after installation" doesn't work for me, at all. (Corey, does it work for you?)
Hence, reopening.