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.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas