bug#34390: package.el says "Obsolete" when it means "No Longer Used"

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) writes:

> Currently package.el reports packages as "Obsolete" when this is
> probably not a good choice of word, as it is being interpreted as "no
> longer in active development".
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2019-02/msg00070.html
>
> It happens when several versions of a package are installed. Consider
> this report from M-x package-list-packages
>
>   dash               2.12.0        obsolete              A modern list 
> library for Emacs
>   eglot 1.4 incompat gnu Client for Language Server Protocol (LSP) servers
>   kiwix              0.4.0         incompat   melpa-s... Kiwix interface and 
> support.
>
>
> Dash is showing here are obsolete because in my installation 2.15.0 is 
> installed.
>
>
>   company            0.9.9         dependency            Modular text 
> completion framework
>   dash               2.15.0        dependency            A modern list 
> library for Emacs
>   dash-functional 2.15.0 dependency Collection of useful combinators for Emacs
> Lisp
>   direnv             1.4.0         dependency            direnv support for 
> emacs
>
>
> The problem is "obsolete" line appears quite some distance away from
> other line which shows dash is installed.
>
> I would suggested "installed but outdated" perhaps. Or "More Recent
> Version Installed". Both a bit long.

How about "shadowed" or similar?

-- 
Basil