GNU bug report logs - #63800
30.0.50; [ELPA] Inaccurate installation instructions for built-in packages

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 63800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63800: [elpa] elpa-admin 1d766451f8: Suggest `package-install' to install packages (bug#63800)
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:56:33 +0000

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>> How 'bout simply:
>>
>> +      (insert "<p>To install this package from Emacs, use <code>package-install</code> or <code>list-packages</code>.</p>")
>
> Still not ideal for core packages (package-install is currently useless
> for them).
> Maybe something like
>
> (if (elpaa--spec-get pkg-spec :core)
>   (insert "<p>To install this package from Emacs, use <code>list-packages</code>.</p>")
> (insert "<p>To install this package from Emacs, use <code>package-install</code> or <code>list-packages</code>.</p>"))

Bump!
There is an awkward situation now with
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/log/?h=elpa-admin
containing my commit, but ELPA website not using it.

Should I push a commit as in the above suggestion?

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