bug#39553: 28.0.50; ada mode was removed

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 14:26:49 +0000
> Cc: 39553@debbugs.gnu.org, Nicholas Savage <nick@nicksavage.ca>
> 
> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> >> I think the idea is that one should still be able to download newer
> >> versions of the packages from ELPA, even if (older) versions are
> >> included in the distribution?  But I haven't followed the discussions
> >> much...
> >
> > Shouldn't that Just Work (TM)?
> >
> > To be more specific, typing `M-x list-packages U' should mark such
> > packages for upgrade automatically?  Anything else sounds like a bug to
> > me.
> 
> Seems like this actually doesn't work.
> 
> I press `M-x list-packages' using an Emacs with svg.el version 1.0.
> Version 1.1 is available from GNU ELPA.  But it doesn't propose to
> update it.
> 
> I'm not sure where that leaves us...

It leaves us with a job that someone should do, so that we could
bundle ELPA packages with Emacs releases.