From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 22669@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22669: loading term/xterm.elc loads cl-lib at runtime
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:55:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mvr0wsyc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ggtwl9cgf1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Glenn Morris on Tue, 16 Feb 2016 01:34:10 -0500)
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Cc: 22669@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 01:34:10 -0500
>
> > these files are only loaded at startup when needed, so they are not
> > something "emacs -Q" "needs".
>
> term/xterm is needed in 90+% of -nw or without-X builds on GNU/Linux.
> (Pulling a reasonable number from the air. All the terminal emulators
> people actually use load term/xterm.)
> So IME that counts as "effectively preloaded" and therefore makes this
> something worth fixing.
Perhaps I don't understand the policy. My interpretation of it is
that we preload stuff that is needed by 100% of builds during every
startup. Under this interpretation, 90+% is not enough, especially
since there are also GUI sessions which don't need that at all.
So I don't think your observation convinces me, even if I agree with
your 90+% figure. I don't think we should punish the rest of the
users by preloading a non-trivial amount of code they might never
need.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-16 15:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-14 22:57 bug#22669: loading term/xterm.elc loads cl-lib at runtime Glenn Morris
2016-02-15 3:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-15 18:12 ` Glenn Morris
2016-02-15 19:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-16 6:34 ` Glenn Morris
2016-02-16 15:55 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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