From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.orgmode Subject: Re: org 9.2.6 and org 9.1.9 Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 07:34:33 +0100 Message-ID: References: <7D2A3D8D-CB71-4B0D-8839-9633BD9F9C4B@traduction-libre.org> <874kyqcuup.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> <68782497-408D-4E97-8CA0-72B41882FB13@traduction-libre.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="36855"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: Jean-Christophe Helary , Org-mode , Emacs developers To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 27 07:35:55 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iZqvY-0009PD-Je for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Nov 2019 07:35:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34114 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iZqvX-00027v-AQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:35:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50945) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iZquY-0001FM-Cs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:34:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iZquW-0000Lv-Go for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:34:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pf1-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:43578) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iZquT-0000Hn-Sj; Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:34:45 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pf1-f174.google.com with SMTP id h14so272641pfe.10; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:34:45 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=J461GNyaBYizPFeeNNCe6Yvy/mcovrZB4gnTvojaJxk=; b=KciJPPBCIwHFtTDJJ7HTzlyhNbHG8Yui8oWigzyJbjO/LDnLAFMI1o7Wrbl8a/f627 8n84xvGLFdWP1LbkZwNL1XfhKSFiyW4GlxSDTHY3QaaHA9SxiiXWEMnP1D6Kr92dIG+2 nlzD9T2VSsUSV6dQopKDfuXAOwSp/QdAA32NvgUgtUoQnNzb7OVsMjB1RPPIBYFxJhTF UaoKoxNVO9W3iRDZWiT89I3rG84DUiv+5v0dLVXv5zPyKTYhlwp8/x9pdsfEt7GLbMUZ H68s9qM3toVZ1hNiMXQv5xKEvOTDxh1Qvc2aSRFLSuaOrtGzvQvLk8ypH4sS4v4pyJQo FB3A== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWpweRoamOS0px0EQ7QA3hBB/llorZajUwKlqRGTVNu1Dj8Fd/F oQ7y7P/JF9Bl3eTZslNnWABdbRRl01tcm0XW2mnsR5Qn X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwCgs2JGt7BkyBgme/K4nv86lgSN5I2cSNtpHUJQ83M/MkvAf6DEC4uKc4ihQpVjVRAyPcjlILl3RNMr3+49WI= X-Received: by 2002:a63:5f45:: with SMTP id t66mr2960275pgb.198.1574836484565; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:34:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.210.174 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:242769 gmane.emacs.orgmode:126147 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > > > What should happen is that > > 1) packages.el should see that I'm trying to install a package that requires > > 9.2.6 as a dependency and it should notify me that 9.1.9 is already > > installed and do I really want to do that, etc. > > > > 2) *or* just consider that it's better for me to use 9.2.6 instead of > > whatever comes with emacs and make sure that the older package is forgotten > > by emacs. > > I think 2 is the right option. package.el was designed such that you > can have various versions of a given package installed. Only one of the > can be activated at any given time, because Emacs Lisp doesn't provide any > way to do better, but having both Org-9.1.9 and Org-9.2.6 installed > should be a perfectly normal situation. > > Any misbehavior that results from this should be reported as a bug > (especially if it can be reproduced). I fully agree. If package.el has a bug, we should fix it. See also the previous discussion here: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10125 Best regards, Stefan Kangas