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

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, philipk <at> posteo.net, joaotavora <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#62720: 29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages like Eglot
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:14:10 -0400

>> Hmm... it might make sense to treat builtins specially in this respect.
>> Of course, maybe it's OK, but for some reason I feel a bit uncomfortable
>> with the idea that `M-x package-update-all` would update all the
>> `:core` packages.
>> 
>> I'm not sure why, admittedly, but I think it comes down to the fact that
>> the first upgrade of a `:core` package from GNU ELPA feels to me more
>> like an "install" than an "upgrade".
>
> Which means my proposal of adding a new command
> package-update-core-package makes more and more sense: we will

FWIW, I'm not sure it's needed: when the user asks to `package-update`
the Eglot package, then we should upgrade `eglot`, regardless if
it's builtin.

My comment was specifically for `M-x package-update-all`.


        Stefan

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