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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 22:11:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.60

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #802 received at 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
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
Subject: Re: bug#62720: 29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages
 like Eglot
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 02:05:21 +0300

On 25/04/2023 21:35, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
>> So I think we need to rephrase that.  Something like
>>
>>    Packages which are part of the Emacs distribution cannot be updated
>>    that way.
> 
> This is probably better. As long as we understand it to read "packages 
> which are part ... and were never upgraded to a version from ELPA".

Anyway, if we agree to keep this unfixed, we should probably add this 
text somewhere: either into the docstring anyway, or to etc/PROBLEMS.

Not sure how to avoid the impression that this is the intended behavior 
and not something we're looking to change in the future, though.
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