Subject: Re: bug#76978: [PATCH] package.el: Add built-in version check and loaded package marking

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:20:07 -0400

> Agree.  And backing out to an older version is just a reinstall and restart
> away...assuming the user remembers which version they had before.  Perhaps
> package.el could use an install log users can consult.

Maybe I did include a prompt before deleting a package because it's
difficult to be sure that the directory we're deleting contains really
only the original files untouched, so there's a risk that we could
delete information that the user cannot easily reproduce.

        Stefan