Re: org 9.2.6 and org 9.1.9

[Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> 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