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#62720
29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages like Eglot
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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 #808 received at 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
On 27/04/2023 08:41, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 02:05:21 +0300
>> From: 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
>>
>> 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.
>
> Do we agree to leave package-update unchanged?
Apparently so.
> And what about the renaming you suggested in another bug report?
Still waiting for your go-ahead. Although it sounds like I have it.
> I'd like to make a new pretest soon, with all these issues finalized
> as best as we can.
Very good.
> As for PROBLEMS, I'm not sure. We usually put there only something
> that people actually complain about, not proactively. How about
> mentioning this in the doc string instead?
Sure. Hopefully it won't create an impression that the described
behavior is _intended_.
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