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26.2; Key `g' should run `package-menu-refresh' in the *Packages* buffer

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>, 35504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Rudi Schlatte <rudi <at> constantly.at>
Subject: Re: bug#35504: 26.2; Key `g' should run `package-menu-refresh' in the
 *Packages* buffer
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 17:09:09 +0200

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Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
> >> Fine by me.  I wonder, tho: why not set revert-buffer-function and then
> >> redefine `package-menu-refresh` as an obsolete alias for `revert-buffer`?
> > Sure, I've tried to do that in the attached patch.  WDYT?
> [...]
> > +  (setq revert-buffer-function 'package-menu-revert)
> [...]
> > +(define-obsolete-function-alias 'package-menu-refresh 'package-menu-revert "27.1")
>
> Could we make package-menu-refresh to be an (obsolete) alias of
> `revert-buffer` instead (and make package-menu-revert an internal
> non-interactive function)?

Absolutely, thanks for the suggestion.  Fixed in the attached patch
together with the things Basil pointed out.

Please let me know what you think.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

[0001-Make-g-refresh-package-data-in-package-menu.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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