From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Ruijie Yu <ruijie@netyu.xyz>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs-29 09d6070e56e: ; Improve and update documentation of built-in package upgrades
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 17:43:21 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83wn1dbofq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <sdvo7mp7ib4.fsf@netyu.xyz> (message from Ruijie Yu on Fri, 12 May 2023 22:09:19 +0800)
> From: Ruijie Yu <ruijie@netyu.xyz>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 22:09:19 +0800
>
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > +In addition, when this option is non-nil, built-in packages for which
> > +a new version is available in archives can be upgraded via the package
> > +menu produced by 'M-x list-packages'. If you do set this option
> > +non-nil, we recommend not to use the 'U' command, but instead to use
> > +'/ u' to show the packages which can be upgraded, and then unmark the
> > +built-in packages which you don't need to overwrite from the archives.
>
> > [...]
>
> When you run `/ u' on the package list buffer, you don't automatically
> mark anything for upgrading, so saying "unmark" out-of-the-blue is a bit
> strange to me.
Thanks, fixed.
> Maybe we should say one of the following proof-of-concept changes?
>
> ... we recommend not to execute the 'x' command immediately after
> the 'U' command, but instead ....
>
> ... but instead to use '/ u' to show the packages which can be
> upgraded, and then mark the built-in packages which you are okay
> with upgrading from the archives.
>
> ... but instead to use '/ u' to show the packages which can be
> upgraded, then 'U' to mark all all upgradable packages, and then
> unmark the built-in packages which you don't need to overwrite ....
I don't (yet) see the need for that. I think telling people to stay
away of 'U' if they customize this new variable is good enough for
NEWS. The manual tells more.
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