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

[Ihor Radchenko]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> There is no bug in Emacs here. Just on ELPA page providing instructions
>> that are not working for :core packages.
>
> I still think there's a bug in there because the behavior may not be
> what the user expects.  Maybe `package-install` should be improved so
> that, instead of doing nothing it tells or prompts the user about the
> possibility to upgrade the package (presumably only do it when called 
> interactively).

AFAIU, one of the problems is that already installed packages do not
even show up in the completion and one cannot enter
M-x package-install <RET> org <RET>. The last <RET> will only trigger
completion window where org is not listed at all.

But wasn't this discussed in the past? There was quite a lengthy
discussion about this in the past (I did not quite follow it until the
end).

>> I could also put the `list-packages' suggestion behind check if the
>> package is :core or not.
>
> That would be best.  Even better would be to provide instructions we
> don't have to be ashamed of.  E.g. replace `package-install` with
> `package-upgrade` for packages that are in-core.

package-upgrade is not available in any of the released Emacs versions.
Do note that some people still use ELPA to install packages for Emacs
26.

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