(WIP) Rework treatment of built-in packages #16938
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Transient is a built-in package, and also a dependency of many other packages users might install. It makes more sense to always configure it, also when the git layer is not used.
Previously, if no :location was specified, it was set to the default `elpa`. This did not mean, however, that the packages where installed from ELPA; the built-in packages were used regardless (they might not even be published on an ELPA, of course). Now we correctly set the location to `built-in`, in preparation to making `:location elpa` take effect for built-in packages, too.
The package will now get updated by `configuration-layer/update-packages`. We do not need to manually bump the version anymore.
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This allows programmatically updating specific packages (I am using this for testing syl20bnr#16938, for example). It also prepares the possibility of selecting packages to update through embark. Additionally, it might be slightly easier to read.
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This allows programmatically updating specific packages (I am using this for testing syl20bnr#16938, for example). It also prepares the possibility of selecting packages to update through embark. Additionally, it might be slightly easier to read.
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This should prevent frequent errors after updating packages, caused by outdated versions of built-in packages being loaded. We also ensure transient and org get updated, without having to manually bump the
:min-versionparameter. More generally, this PR allows installing built-in packages from arbitrary locations, for example by adding them todotspacemacs-additional-packageswith a custom quelpa recipe.