On 15/04/2023 04:34, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 12/04/2023 16:34, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>> I hadn't realized that `package-update` hasn't been in a release 
>>>> yet, so
>>>> we don't need such a compatibility alias.
>>> Even though these commands were available under those names for the
>>> last year or so?
>> Well, that's for you to judge 😄
> 
> Since they're not very likely to be used in Lisp code, I'd say it's 
> unlikely to be a problem.
> 
> Alternatively, we'll probably get around to fixing this inconsistency 
> sometime after this release, and then carry the compatibility aliases 
> for a number of years.

Here's a couple of other existing functions:

   package--update-selected-packages
   package--update-downloads-in-progress

Neither of these relate to upgrading packages. Although the former could 
be easy to mistake for that now.

In all older functions, the term "update" (in comments and variable 
names) refers to updating the value of some variable, not packages.

By analogy, 'M-x package-update-all' might be easy enough to mistake for 
updating the list of packages available for installation, for example.

Here's a patch that does the rename. Also including package-vc-update* 
that Philip mentioned.