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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>, 63800@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63800: 30.0.50; [ELPA] Inaccurate installation instructions for built-in packages
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:56:45 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fs6sjvg2.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v8foagbv.fsf@posteo.net>

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

>> Perhaps a simpler alternative is to stop referencing 'package-install'
>> and instead point uses to 'M-x list-packages'.
>
> I think this would be better as well.  A lot of users don't even know
> what version they use, so we should have to describe how to find that
> out as well.

I hope that we do not have a situation on ELPA where a package cannot be
installed at all on older Emacs.

> ... And if that isn't enough, we would also have to explain
> what core, built-in and ELPA packages are, and how they interact.  Not
> worth it, IMO.

I think it is still worth mentioning that some packages may already be
shipped with Emacs. I do not feel too strongly about this though.

I am OK with changing the installation/upgrade instructions to M-x
list-packages for built-in packages.

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-15 20:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-30  8:05 bug#63800: 30.0.50; [ELPA] Inaccurate installation instructions for built-in packages Ihor Radchenko
2023-05-31  6:46 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-31  6:59   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-06-07 19:06     ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-06-08 11:01       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-06-15  2:08     ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-06-15  6:04       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-06-15 12:34         ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-06-15 15:35           ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-06-15 20:56             ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-07-09 11:59           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-10  2:14             ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-07-12  7:46             ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-07-12 16:24               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-12 16:38                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-07-13  9:39                   ` Ihor Radchenko

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