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[PATCH] Prepare package.el to be published on GNU ELPA

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From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 77075 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#77075: [PATCH] Prepare package.el to be published on GNU ELPA
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:27:37 +0000

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> writes:
>
>> As far as I am aware, the main objection to this idea is that this might
>> introduce instability that is difficult to fix (If `package-delete'
>> doesn't work, then it isn't obvious how to uninstall the newer
>> package.el).  Are there any other points we should discuss?
>
> Can you summarize what is our reply to that?  Do we have a better
> workaround than `rm -rf ~/.emacs.d/elpa`?

My idea was to have a specialised, specialised command to uninstall all
ELPA versions of package.el.

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