From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Updating autoloads Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:04:54 +0300 Message-ID: References: <200508141643.j7EGhAE13611@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1124046482 12955 80.91.229.2 (14 Aug 2005 19:08:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:08:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 14 21:07:53 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4NpF-0004hj-Ir for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:07:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4NsZ-0004Sy-Uf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:10:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E4Ns6-0004SW-4E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:10:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E4Ns5-0004SJ-Im for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:10:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4Ns5-0004Rm-6n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:10:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E4O2D-0006Rd-1p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:20:41 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-249-50.inter.net.il [84.228.249.50]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.5.8-GR) with ESMTP id CCR24257 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:04:55 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200508141643.j7EGhAE13611@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:43:10 -0500 (CDT)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:42033 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:42033 > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:43:10 -0500 (CDT) > From: Luc Teirlinck > > On my machine updating autoloads takes only a fraction of a second. > On slower machines, it maybe could take a few seconds, but that may be > worth avoiding periodic problems. Please let's not do that: updating autoloads can take _much_more_ than a few seconds on slower machines. When was the last time you did that on a 400-MHz or 600-MHz box? This issue is only relevant for people who use the CVS code. Those people should be knowledgeable enough to run "make autoloads" when necessary. Even if you yourself bump into this once in a while, it's not a reason to make this change. Let's not modify the build system except when we find _real_ bugs, preferably not at all in targets that are only relevant to building out of CVS. Let's postpone that until after the release.