Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>
>> >> Fine by me.  I wonder, tho: why not set revert-buffer-function and then
>> >> redefine `package-menu-refresh` as an obsolete alias for `revert-buffer`?
>> > Sure, I've tried to do that in the attached patch.  WDYT?
>> [...]
>> > +  (setq revert-buffer-function 'package-menu-revert)
>> [...]
>> > +(define-obsolete-function-alias 'package-menu-refresh 'package-menu-revert "27.1")
>>
>> Could we make package-menu-refresh to be an (obsolete) alias of
>> `revert-buffer` instead (and make package-menu-revert an internal
>> non-interactive function)?
>
> Absolutely, thanks for the suggestion.  Fixed in the attached patch
> together with the things Basil pointed out.
>
> Please let me know what you think.

I've attached an updated patch below.  If there are no further
comments, I intend to commit it in a couple of days.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas