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29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages like Eglot

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Message #601 received at 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, philipk <at> posteo.net,
 dmitry <at> gutov.dev, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#62720: 29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages
 like Eglot
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:49:41 +0300

> From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:31:52 +0100
> Cc: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>, jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 
> 	philipk <at> posteo.net, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, larsi <at> gnus.org
> 
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 11:02 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> Please in the meantime, allow me add to eglot.el:
> 
>  (defun eglot-update ()  "Update Eglot regardless of package.el policy."
>     (interactive)
>     (unless package-archive-contents (package-refresh-contents))
>     (package-install (cadr (assoc 'eglot package-archive-contents))
> 
> This will allow at least Eglot users to weather the storm until Emacs
> 30.  I know you forbade this in the past, but now that more "facts and
> subtleties" have come to light, maybe you can reconsider?  I'll readily
> deprecate this function when a solution has been found for the next
> Emacs.  It doesn't really affect anyone but Eglot users and these
> are, in your own admission, already negatively affected anyway, so
> what is there to lose?

I didn't forbid it.  I said I'd prefer not to have it in Emacs, and I
still do.

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