Subject: bug#62720: 29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages like Eglot

From: João Távora <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 19:44:35 +0100

On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 6:53 PM Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> > From: João Távora <[email-masked]>
> > Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:31:24 +0100
> > Cc: Robert Pluim <[email-masked]>, Philip Kaludercic <[email-masked]>, [email-masked],
> >       Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], [email-masked]
> >
> > BTW use-package also calls package-install, and
> > (use-package eglot :ensure t) is the number one installation form
> > for Eglot says google, chatGPT and 4 out of 5 bugs I get.
> > Unless special steps are taken there, it will likely be broken,
> > too.  That form will no longer give users the latest Eglot starting
> > Emacs 29.
>
> Is there any reason Eglot that will come with Emacs 29.1 will not be
> the latest Eglot?

Yes, it's not the latest Eglot already.  Eglot has been getting features
complex features and bugfixes in master that I haven't backported.
Eglot with Emacs 29.1 will be 1.12+simple bugfixes.

So if you're offline or don't like ELPA at all or are on sshing to a
machine, you can still have a decent LSP experience (well provided
you install a LSP server).

João