Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
> So in general, this patch might be appropriate?
>
> diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/loaddefs-gen.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/loaddefs-gen.el
> index 581053f6304..42f386933dc 100644
> --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/loaddefs-gen.el
> +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/loaddefs-gen.el
> @@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ loaddefs-generate--parse-file
>            ;; loaddefs for packages so that `syntax-ppss' later gives
>            ;; correct results.
>            (emacs-lisp-mode)
> -        (let ((version (lm-header "version"))
> +        (let ((version (or (lm-header "package-version")
> +                           (lm-header "version")))
>                package)
>            (when (and version
>                       (setq version (ignore-errors (version-to-list version)))
>
>

What about making `lm-version' handle the "package-version" header then
using `lm-version' in loaddefs-generate--parse-file?  See patches.

Joseph