Re: Magit obsolete ?

[Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>]

jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> writes:

> Hello,  
>
> I'm looking for git support within emacs.  After browsing here 
> and
> there it looks like Magit would be a good contender.  The latest 
> update
> on the Magit web page is from the end of last year.  The version 
> in
> melpa seems even more recent: 20190202.1535.
>
> However the first two description lines of the package in melpa 
> are:
>
> magit is an available obsolete package.
>
> Status: Available Obsolete from melpa
>
> What gives ?

Maybe i'm misunderstanding you, but in the context of ELPAs like 
MELPA, 'obsolete' often/usually means "a newer version of this 
package is available". So if version 20190202.1535 of Magit is 
available, but you were looking at the description for an earlier 
version, e.g. 20190201.2340, you'll be told that version is 
"obsolete".

Of course, this is indeed a different meaning to how 'obsolete' is 
used in non-ELPA Emacs contexts, where "this library is obsolete" 
often/usually means "don't use this library any more".


Alexis.