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31.0.50; package-refresh-contents is not async when using interactively.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: tusharhero <at> sdf.org, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 75142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75142: 31.0.50;
 package-refresh-contents is not async when using interactively.
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 13:59:12 +0200

> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:15:38 +0530
> From: tusharhero--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> 
> When running `M-x package-refresh-contents RET', my Emacs session
> freezes for a long time. But it is possible to run this async, we need
> to give it an argument. I think when the function should be async, I
> understand that when using this in emacs lisp program, that maybe not be
> desirable. So maybe you can have a separate functions for emacs lisp
> programs, or have different behavior for interactive use.

Philip and Stefan, any comments?

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