Re: [elpa] elpa-admin 1d766451f8: Suggest `package-install' to install packages (bug#63800)

[Philip Kaludercic]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>> Hmm, I don't like this change.
>> IMO, we should make this part of the page *smaller* rather than bigger.
>>...
>> So if we want in general to recommend users use `list-packages` rather
>> than `package-install`, let's just put something like:
>>
>>     To install this from Emacs, use `M-x list-packages RET`

At which point I question the point of this advice in the first place.

> This might also work.
>
>> But this should be motivated by a preference, not by a bug (which we
>> should fix instead)
>
> There is no bug in Emacs here. Just on ELPA page providing instructions
> that are not working for :core packages.

I guess that is what is meant by "bug" here, but as the discussion a
while ago demonstrated, it is not obvious if we want to regard switching
from built-in packages to external packages as the same thing as
installing an external package.

>> .... , and not by something that only affects a tiny
>> minority of packages (otherwise, change the above code so it only
>> affects those very few packages).
>
> I could also put the `list-packages' suggestion behind check if the
> package is :core or not.
>
> P.S. Shouldn't this discussion be done in the original bug report thread?