Subject: bug#59005: 29.0.50; Package transient installed as dependency despite it being built-in

From: Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:38:12 +0100

Jonas Bernoulli <[email-masked]> writes:

> That is indeed the case.  The issue was triggered by a change to
> elpa-admin.el, the addition of version checks, which takes pre-releases.
> into account.

By chance, could there be a relation of this to my bug#59652?  Dunno why
that one does not get any attention, it seems not that minor to me.

I ask because "transient" rings a bell (it is also a package that is
often related to trouble in my scenario).

Michael.