GNU bug report logs - #62750
29.0.50; Commands 'package-update' and 'package-update-all' should be called '*-upgrade'

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Message #17 received at 62750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Adam Porter <adam <at> alphapapa.net>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 62750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62750: 29.0.50; Commands 'package-update' and
 'package-update-all' should be called '*-upgrade'
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:28:14 +0300

On 10/04/2023 17:31, Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the 
Swiss army knife of text editors wrote:
>> I don't think that "update" and "upgrade" have that clear of a semantic
>> difference in practice to necessitate a renaming.
> I'd tend to agree.

Here's an argument in favor of renaming:

These commands use the term 'update'. But package-menu-mark-upgrades, 
which has been in package.el for years, uses the term 'upgrade' in its 
name and its docstring ("all upgradable packages", etc). There are a few 
auxiliary functions which also use that term, but this is the 
public-facing one.

So now we have divergent terminology. Which implies that there is some 
difference between "upgrading" and "updating" in package.el, while there 
is none.

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