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

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: adam <at> alphapapa.net, larsi <at> gnus.org, philipk <at> posteo.net, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 62750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62750: 29.0.50; Commands 'package-update' and 'package-update-all' should be called '*-upgrade'
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:38:16 +0300

On 24/04/2023 22:13, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Or even augment the current one: (package-upgrade 'name
>> "some-older-version") has a similar feel to (forward-char -1), not
>> exactly unfamiliar to us.
> We are talking about invoking commands, not about Lisp programs.  How
> many times did you do "C-- C-f" instead of "C-b"?

Considering one would have to enter a specific version to downgrade to 
(right?), they'd have to do it interactively. Unlike in the case of 
upgrading, where we almost always want the most recent version.

If one had to explicitly input the number of chars to go forward anyway, 
we would have little use for backward-char.

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