package-install offers hundreds of updates from melpa

[j0ni]

Is this just package-install losing its cache context due to the new server switch? I'm hoping so, but I'm not seeing anyone else reporting this.

UPDATE: seems it isn't just me:

<Hasimir> j0ni, yep it says I need to update 389 packages

I'll update and hopefully that will make it regain its sanity. Maybe you should post a note on Twitter or the front page or something.

[milkypostman]

I think this is due to melpa/package-build#22 which basically means because of a package-build change things got behind. Sorry about that. We don’t have a great way to check that everything is up to date.

[milkypostman]

I think this is due to melpa/package-build#22 which basically means because of a package-build change things got behind. Sorry about that. We don’t have a great way to check that everything is up to date.

[j0ni]

Thanks @milkypostman - I let the update run until it was done, and nothing was damaged :)

Feel free to close this, unless you want to leave it up to funnel in other folks who come looking.

[j0ni]

Thanks @milkypostman - I let the update run until it was done, and nothing was damaged :)

Feel free to close this, unless you want to leave it up to funnel in other folks who come looking.

[CSRaghunandan]

@milkypostman is there no way to go around this other than having to update all the MELPA packages? I don't have fast access to internet right now and it might take a while to complete installing all packages.

[CSRaghunandan]

@milkypostman is there no way to go around this other than having to update all the MELPA packages? I don't have fast access to internet right now and it might take a while to complete installing all packages.

[milkypostman]

I think you can install new packages without updating old. Just don’t upgrade?

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On Jul 28, 2018, at 02:19, Chakravarthy Raghunandan ***@***.***> wrote: @milkypostman is there no way to go around this other than having to update all the MELPA packages? I don't have fast access to internet right now and it might take a while to complete installing all packages. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[milkypostman]

I think you can install new packages without updating old. Just don’t upgrade?

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On Jul 28, 2018, at 02:19, Chakravarthy Raghunandan ***@***.***> wrote: @milkypostman is there no way to go around this other than having to update all the MELPA packages? I don't have fast access to internet right now and it might take a while to complete installing all packages. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[CSRaghunandan]

I can hold off on not upgrading, but for how long? Eventually, if there any upstream changes made to a package, then I'd have to delete that package and install it again for me to get the latest version. That's tedious.

[CSRaghunandan]

I can hold off on not upgrading, but for how long? Eventually, if there any upstream changes made to a package, then I'd have to delete that package and install it again for me to get the latest version. That's tedious.

[milkypostman]

You don’t have to delete every package. You just upgrade them. I don’t understand how this current situation is different than if packages had updated over time?

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On Jul 28, 2018, at 10:06, Chakravarthy Raghunandan ***@***.***> wrote: I can hold off on not upgrading, but for how long? Eventually, if there any upstream changes made to a package, then I'd have to delete that package and install it again for me to get the latest version. That's tedious. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[milkypostman]

You don’t have to delete every package. You just upgrade them. I don’t understand how this current situation is different than if packages had updated over time?

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On Jul 28, 2018, at 10:06, Chakravarthy Raghunandan ***@***.***> wrote: I can hold off on not upgrading, but for how long? Eventually, if there any upstream changes made to a package, then I'd have to delete that package and install it again for me to get the latest version. That's tedious. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[casouri]

I guess @milkypostman means you can upgrade these packages when their upstream updates, one at a time.

[casouri]

I guess @milkypostman means you can upgrade these packages when their upstream updates, one at a time.

[milkypostman]

Well I was suggesting that these packages have updated that we somehow didn’t get in the past. So rather than getting one update every week you’re getting all at once. But you don’t have the newest version either way. At some point you should upgrade these packages.

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On Jul 28, 2018, at 12:05, Yuan Fu ***@***.***> wrote: I guess @milkypostman means you can upgrade these packages when their upstream updates, one by one. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[milkypostman]

Well I was suggesting that these packages have updated that we somehow didn’t get in the past. So rather than getting one update every week you’re getting all at once. But you don’t have the newest version either way. At some point you should upgrade these packages.

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On Jul 28, 2018, at 12:05, Yuan Fu ***@***.***> wrote: I guess @milkypostman means you can upgrade these packages when their upstream updates, one by one. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.