GNU bug report logs - #62720
29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages like Eglot

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Message #182 received at 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 joaotavora <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#62720: 29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages
 like Eglot
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:11:02 -0400

>>> +(defun package-core-p (package)
>>> +  "Return non-nil the built-in version of PACKAGE is loaded."
>>
>> Didn't you say the "core" terminology was confusing people?
>
> TBH I am not really satisfied with the name (so any other suggestion is
> just as fine for me), and as Joao said it would be better to make the
> predicate as internal so that users are not expected to deal with it.

Beside "core" and "built-in" (with or without dash), another name that's
been used over the years is "bundled".  I don't have a strong preference
between those.


        Stefan

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