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

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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: bug#62720: 29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages like Eglot
Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 02:58:25 +0300

On 28/04/2023 08:19, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 02:51:19 +0300
>> 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
>> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
>>
>>> We can say something like "Currently, ..." to make that clear.
>>
>> Very good, I've used that and an additional clarification for a
>> recommended alternative. Please see how you like it, or whether it needs
>> improving.
> 
> I've made a few minor improvements, thanks.

Thank you.

>> Before the next pretest is cut, I'd also like to bring up the question
>> again of backporting the patch for bug#62816 (with Joao's support:
>> previously mentioned in
>> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=62720#517, for example).
>>
>> It improves the part of Eldoc that is not used by default
>> (eldoc-documentation-strategy has a different value) but which is used
>> by Eglot since it changes that variable in its managed buffers.
> 
> That patch didn't yet accumulate enough time for me to consider it
> safe for the release branch.  Depending on when Emacs 29.1 is released
> and whether we hear some downsides of the change, it could need to
> wait for Emacs 29.2 or for Emacs 30.1.

Okay.

Let's get back to the previous topic. What about the previous fix for 
package-upgrade that I posted, one that makes it unconditionally upgrade 
built-in packages when invoked?

The one attached here: https://debbugs.gnu.org/62720#718

Can we put it on master now, or do we have to wait for some feedback 
from Emacs 29 first?

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