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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: adam <at> alphapapa.net, dmitry <at> gutov.dev, philipk <at> posteo.net, larsi <at> gnus.org, 62750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62750: 29.0.50; Commands 'package-update' and 'package-update-all' should be called '*-upgrade'
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:28:56 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>,  Adam Porter <adam <at> alphapapa.net>,  Eli
>  Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
>   62750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:22:03 -0400
> 
> >> It's annoyingly late to rename, but if we rename without compatibility
> >> aliases (which seems to be an option since these are new in Emacs-29),
> >> then I'd be in favor.
> >
> > What are compatibility aliases?  I must have missed something?
> 
> I thought we'd rename `package-update` to `package-upgrade` by adding
> the new name and marking the old name as an obsolete alias (a
> "compatibility alias").
> 
> I hadn't realized that `package-update` hasn't been in a release yet, so
> we don't need such a compatibility alias.

Even though these commands were available under those names for the
last year or so?

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