From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Brett Gilio <brettg@posteo.net>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>,
34390@debbugs.gnu.org, Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk>
Subject: bug#34390: package.el says "Obsolete" when it means "No Longer Used"
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:45:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkm=rg1UPhBo4mX4aaHbrY71b_=D9oW9vhq_juXSSuenhOA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pns2p6ny.fsf@russet.org.uk>
Brett Gilio <brettg@posteo.net> writes:
> Basil L. Contovounesios writes:
>
>> phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) writes:
>>
>>> Currently package.el reports packages as "Obsolete" when this is
>>> probably not a good choice of word, as it is being interpreted as "no
>>> longer in active development".
>>>
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2019-02/msg00070.html
>>>
>>> It happens when several versions of a package are installed. Consider
>>> this report from M-x package-list-packages
>>>
>>> dash 2.12.0 obsolete A modern list library for Emacs
>>> eglot 1.4 incompat gnu Client for Language Server Protocol (LSP) servers
>>> kiwix 0.4.0 incompat melpa-s... Kiwix interface and support.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dash is showing here are obsolete because in my installation 2.15.0 is installed.
>>>
>>>
>>> company 0.9.9 dependency Modular text completion framework
>>> dash 2.15.0 dependency A modern list library for Emacs
>>> dash-functional 2.15.0 dependency Collection of useful combinators for Emacs
>>> Lisp
>>> direnv 1.4.0 dependency direnv support for emacs
>>>
>>>
>>> The problem is "obsolete" line appears quite some distance away from
>>> other line which shows dash is installed.
>>>
>>> I would suggested "installed but outdated" perhaps. Or "More Recent
>>> Version Installed". Both a bit long.
>>
>> How about "shadowed" or similar?
I think that's the wrong term, because it implies that it is currently unused.
> The Guix package manager uses a term "superseded." I quite find this
> term to be useful and nice.
I guess that could work, but I don't find it very user friendly.
How about "upgradable"? That makes it clear that it's both installed
and that it can be upgraded.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-23 16:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-08 16:49 bug#34390: package.el says "Obsolete" when it means "No Longer Used" Phillip Lord
2019-02-08 17:10 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2019-02-08 17:15 ` Brett Gilio
2019-02-08 17:25 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2019-02-08 17:16 ` Robert Pluim
2019-02-08 17:42 ` brettg
2019-02-08 22:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-02-08 23:50 ` Brett Gilio
2019-10-23 16:45 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
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