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[PATCH] Pretiffy package-menu

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From: Elijah Gabe Pérez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 78794 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, philipk <at> posteo.net
Subject: bug#78794: [PATCH] Pretiffy package-menu
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:13:00 -0600

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> > Also, I have no packages installed, but the mode line says "New: 0",
>> > with the help-echo saying "Total number of new packages available".
>> > This is confusing; perhaps we need to use a different word instead of
>> > "New"?
>> 
>> How about using "Newest available"?
>
> That's basically the same.
>
> Can you explain what you meant by "New" here?  Then I might be able to
> suggest a more clear terminology.

"New" indicates how many packages with the status of "new" are in
package menu, according to manual:

  Equivalent to ‘available’, except that the package became newly
  available on the package archive after your last invocation of M-x
  list-packages.

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