Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> We can either "go big" (use features), or "go small" (manually
>> package-initialize, then use package-alist). Would you make an executive
>> decision, and I'll patch?
>
> Your guess is as good as mine,

Fair enough! I choose the conservative route: here's a patch that just
works on package-alist. If anyone complains, it will be easy enough to
expand later.

Eric