From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Kangas 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" Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-devel" To: Stefan Monnier Cc: Jean-Christophe Helary , Org-mode , Emacs developers List-Id: emacs-orgmode.gnu.org 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