Re: Reconsider defaults for use-package-vc-prefer-newest

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com>
> Cc: Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com>,  meedstrom@runbox.eu,
>  yandros@gmail.com,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:38:08 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> When the two notions of version don't correspond to the same commit, it
> >> would be helpful if the user could be notified in some way.
> >
> > Yes, that'd be another reason to alert the user.
> >
> > Patches to that effect are welcome.
> 
> I suppose if the output of M-x describe-package mentioned the commit
> hash in addition to the version the user would at least be aware when
> the same version numbers from different archives differ.  Out of
> curiosity, is that what you had in mind, or something else?

No, I meant exactly what you described: to detect the situation where
the commit which introduced the version number is not the same as the
commit with the version tag.  They are supposed to be the same commit.