bug#62720: 29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages like Eglot

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 23/04/2023 17:24, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:11:44 +0300
> > Cc: jporterbugs@gmail.com, philipk@posteo.net, 62720@debbugs.gnu.org,
> >   joaotavora@gmail.com, larsi@gnus.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
> > From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>
> >
> > > > It addressed two last points from your previous email, obviously.
> > > Which points are those?  Please help me identify them.
> >
> > These two:
> >
> >   > There is already such an option, added as part of fixing this bug.
> >
> > The binding was added, so now we straight away delegate to package-install.
>
> I meant to give the user the control on whether package-update will
> update built-in packages, like we did with package-install: either via
> prefix argument or by customizing the user option.

That would be a different change, though.

So what are we guarding against here? That the user will choose a 
built-in package to upgrade by accident?

And we'll show her an error, saying "use the prefix argument"?