[ESS] ESS 25.1.0 listed as 'obsolete' when upgrading from MELPA?

[Stephen Bond]

run M-x package-refresh-contents 

On Fri, 2025-01-24 at 21:26 +0000, Kevin Zembower via ESS-help wrote:
> Hello, all,
> 
> Trying to prepare for the upcoming semester, when I'm taking Basic
> Statistics. I tried to upgrade ESS to 25.1.0 from the MELPA Stable
> repository. When I do 'M-x package-list-packages', I see (first line,
> and second line from the bottom; sorry how my email client is
> breaking
> the lines):
> 
>   ess                            20230419.1527  installed            
> Emacs Speaks Statistics
>   ess-r-insert-obj               20220610.1406  installed            
> Insert objects in ESS-R
>   ess-smart-equals               20210411.1333  installed            
> flexible, context-sensitive assignment key for R/S
>   ess-smart-underscore           20190309.101   installed            
> Ess Smart Underscore
>   ess-view                       20181001.1730  installed            
> View R dataframes in a spreadsheet software
>   ess-view-data                  20230503.643   installed            
> View Data
>   ess                            25.1.0         obsolete             
> Emacs Speaks Statistics
>   ess-R-data-view                1.0            incompat     melpa-
> stable Data viewer for GNU R
>   ess                            20230419.1527  installed            
> Emacs Speaks Statistics
>   ess-r-insert-obj               20220610.1406  installed            
> Insert objects in ESS-R
>   ess-smart-equals               20210411.1333  installed            
> flexible, context-sensitive assignment key for R/S
>   ess-smart-underscore           20190309.101   installed            
> Ess Smart Underscore
>   ess-view                       20181001.1730  installed            
> View R dataframes in a spreadsheet software
>   ess-view-data                  20230503.643   installed            
> View Data
>   ess                            25.1.0         obsolete             
> Emacs Speaks Statistics
>   ess-R-data-view                1.0            incompat     melpa-
> stable Data viewer for GNU R
> 
> Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong, or how to fix things? Thanks for
> any
> advice or guidance. Using Emacs 29.3.
> 
> -Kevin
> 
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