bug#44609: 12.3.1; auctex.el does not (provide 'auctex), which breaks use-package

[Vladimir Nikishkin]

Dear AUCTeX developers.
I am using use-package to keep the init.el decently structured.
It is typical for package files to (provide) a feature that has the same
name as the name of the package itself.
For example, it helps with dependency tracking.

E.g. you would say "Only load auctex-latexmk after 'auctex has been
loaded".
Could something like `(provide 'auctex)' be added to the auctex.el?

Yours sincerely,
Vladimir

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-slackware-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 
3.24.22)
 of 2020-08-12
Package: 12.3.1

current state:
==============
(setq
 AUCTeX-date "2020-10-22"
 window-system 'x
 LaTeX-version "2e"
 TeX-style-path '("~/.emacs.d/auctex" 
"/home/lockywolf/.emacs.d/elpa/auctex-12.3.1/style"
                  "/home/lockywolf/.emacs.d/auctex/auto"
                  "/home/lockywolf/.emacs.d/auctex/style" "auto" "style")
 TeX-auto-save nil
 TeX-parse-self nil
 TeX-master t
 TeX-command-list '(("LatexMk" "latexmk %(-PDF)%S%(mode) %(file-line-error) 
%(extraopts) %t"
                     TeX-run-latexmk nil (plain-tex-mode latex-mode 
doctex-mode) :help
                     "Run LatexMk")
                    ("TeX"
                     "%(PDF)%(tex) %(file-line-error) %`%(extraopts) 
%S%(PDFout)%(mode)%' %t"
                     TeX-run-TeX nil (plain-tex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode) 
:help
                     "Run plain TeX")
                    ("LaTeX" "%`%l%(mode)%' %T" TeX-run-TeX nil (latex-mode 
doctex-mode)
                     :help "Run LaTeX")
                    ("Makeinfo" "makeinfo %(extraopts) %t" TeX-run-compile nil
                     (texinfo-mode) :help "Run Makeinfo with Info output")
                    ("Makeinfo HTML" "makeinfo %(extraopts) --html %t" 
TeX-run-compile nil
                     (texinfo-mode) :help "Run Makeinfo with HTML output")
                    ("AmSTeX" "amstex %(PDFout) %`%(extraopts) %S%(mode)%' %t" 
TeX-run-TeX
                     nil (ams-tex-mode) :help "Run AMSTeX")
                    ("ConTeXt" "%(cntxcom) --once --texutil %(extraopts) 
%(execopts)%t"
                     TeX-run-TeX nil (context-mode) :help "Run ConTeXt once")
                    ("ConTeXt Full" "%(cntxcom) %(extraopts) %(execopts)%t" 
TeX-run-TeX nil
                     (context-mode) :help "Run ConTeXt until completion")
                    ("BibTeX" "bibtex %s" TeX-run-BibTeX nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode 
texinfo-mode
                      context-mode)
                     :help "Run BibTeX")
                    ("Biber" "biber %s" TeX-run-Biber nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode 
texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Run Biber")
                    ("View" "%V" TeX-run-discard-or-function t t :help "Run 
Viewer")
                    ("Print" "%p" TeX-run-command t t :help "Print the file")
                    ("Queue" "%q" TeX-run-background nil t :help "View the 
printer queue"
                     :visible TeX-queue-command)
                    ("File" "%(o?)dvips %d -o %f " TeX-run-dvips t
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode 
texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Generate PostScript file")
                    ("Dvips" "%(o?)dvips %d -o %f " TeX-run-dvips nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode 
texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Convert DVI file to PostScript")
                    ("Dvipdfmx" "dvipdfmx %d" TeX-run-dvipdfmx nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode 
texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Convert DVI file to PDF with dvipdfmx")
                    ("Ps2pdf" "ps2pdf %f" TeX-run-ps2pdf nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode 
texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Convert PostScript file to PDF")
                    ("Glossaries" "makeglossaries %s" TeX-run-command nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode 
texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Run makeglossaries to create glossary\n     file")
                    ("Index" "makeindex %s" TeX-run-index nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode 
texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Run makeindex to create index file")
                    ("upMendex" "upmendex %s" TeX-run-index t
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode 
texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Run upmendex to create index file")
                    ("Xindy" "texindy %s" TeX-run-command nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode 
texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Run xindy to create index file")
                    ("Check" "lacheck %s" TeX-run-compile nil (latex-mode) :help
                     "Check LaTeX file for correctness")
                    ("ChkTeX" "chktex -v6 %s" TeX-run-compile nil (latex-mode) 
:help
                     "Check LaTeX file for common mistakes")
                    ("Spell" "(TeX-ispell-document \"\")" TeX-run-function nil 
t :help
                     "Spell-check the document")
                    ("Clean" "TeX-clean" TeX-run-function nil t :help
                     "Delete generated intermediate files")
                    ("Clean All" "(TeX-clean t)" TeX-run-function nil t :help
                     "Delete generated intermediate and output files")
                    ("Other" "" TeX-run-command t t :help "Run an arbitrary 
command"))
 )
-- 
Vladimir Nikishkin (MiEr, lockywolf)
(Laptop)