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bug#34390: package.el says "Obsolete" when it means "No Longer Used"
From: |
Brett Gilio |
Subject: |
bug#34390: package.el says "Obsolete" when it means "No Longer Used" |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:15:05 -0600 |
User-agent: |
mu4e 1.0; emacs 26.1 |
Basil L. Contovounesios writes:
> phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) writes:
>
>> Currently package.el reports packages as "Obsolete" when this is
>> probably not a good choice of word, as it is being interpreted as "no
>> longer in active development".
>>
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2019-02/msg00070.html
>>
>> It happens when several versions of a package are installed. Consider
>> this report from M-x package-list-packages
>>
>> dash 2.12.0 obsolete A modern list
>> library for Emacs
>> eglot 1.4 incompat gnu Client for Language Server Protocol (LSP) servers
>> kiwix 0.4.0 incompat melpa-s... Kiwix interface and
>> support.
>>
>>
>> Dash is showing here are obsolete because in my installation 2.15.0 is
>> installed.
>>
>>
>> company 0.9.9 dependency Modular text
>> completion framework
>> dash 2.15.0 dependency A modern list
>> library for Emacs
>> dash-functional 2.15.0 dependency Collection of useful combinators for
>> Emacs
>> Lisp
>> direnv 1.4.0 dependency direnv support for
>> emacs
>>
>>
>> The problem is "obsolete" line appears quite some distance away from
>> other line which shows dash is installed.
>>
>> I would suggested "installed but outdated" perhaps. Or "More Recent
>> Version Installed". Both a bit long.
>
> How about "shadowed" or similar?
The Guix package manager uses a term "superseded." I quite find this
term to be useful and nice.