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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, philipk <at> posteo.net, 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, larsi <at> gnus.org, joaotavora <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#62720: 29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages
 like Eglot
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:58:58 +0300

> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:53:30 +0300
> Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, philipk <at> posteo.net, 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>  joaotavora <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
> 
> On 23/04/2023 17:24, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:11:44 +0300
> >> Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, philipk <at> posteo.net, 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
> >>   joaotavora <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> >> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
> >>
> >>>> It addressed two last points from your previous email, obviously.
> >>> Which points are those?  Please help me identify them.
> >>
> >> These two:
> >>
> >>   > There is already such an option, added as part of fixing this bug.
> >>
> >> The binding was added, so now we straight away delegate to package-install.
> > 
> > I meant to give the user the control on whether package-update will
> > update built-in packages, like we did with package-install: either via
> > prefix argument or by customizing the user option.
> 
> That would be a different change, though.
> 
> So what are we guarding against here? That the user will choose a 
> built-in package to upgrade by accident?

Yes.  Also, against invocations of this command from other commands
and from the menu.

> And we'll show her an error, saying "use the prefix argument"?

No, I think we'll do whatever the code does today when passed a
built-in package.

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