Stefan Monnier <monn...@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
