bug#66985: 29.1; Issue with `package.el` upgrading builtin (edge-case)

[Philip Kaludercic]

Sylvain Bougerel <sylvain.bougerel.devel@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 3:25 PM Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
>> A short commit like this can be manually applied, and attributed to you,
>> otherwise you should consult the CONTRIBUTING file in emacs.git for
>> notes on how to format a patch and the commit message.
>
> Thanks Philip, I'll read it for future reference. Feel free to make
> the change as you see fit (as for attribution: this email chain is
> enough)
>
>> If you are really interested, you can take a look at bug#62720.
>
> Thanks, I got the background now. I don't think it's necessary to go
> further then.

1+

>>
>> Nothing special, other than that I had been planning to re-write the
>> function anyway, to make it simpler and re-usable by package-vc.
>
> Let me know if you intend to maintain the same interface for
> package-compute-transaction, in this case I can contribute a unit
> test.

I'd prefer to change the interface in the future, because part of the
confusion is precisely the confusing recursion.