From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Calling (package-initialize) sooner during initialization Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 15:24:17 +0100 Message-ID: <87d231wm3y.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: <87383xk4ia.fsf@taylan.uni.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429367077 3380 80.91.229.3 (18 Apr 2015 14:24:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 14:24:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: =?us-ascii?Q?=3D=3FUTF-8=3FB=3FVGF5bGFuIFVscmljaCBCYXnEsXJsxLEvS2FtbWV?= =?us-ascii?Q?y=3F=3D?= , emacs-devel To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 18 16:24:28 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YjTfX-0005U3-NX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 16:24:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45849 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjTfW-00079k-Qi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:24:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52008) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjTfT-00079S-KZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:24:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjTfQ-0004Er-Fh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:24:23 -0400 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:43051 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjTfQ-0004EO-9R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:24:20 -0400 Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C2E7FAC05E2; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 16:52:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from nicferrier-XPS13-9333 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B57FE607EA; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 15:24:17 +0100 (IST) In-Reply-To: (bruce connor am's message of "Sat, 18 Apr 2015 14:32:34 +0100") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:185592 Archived-At: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com writes: >> has it been considered yet to simply support an optional >> >> ~/.emacs.d/pre-package-init.el > > Yes. I suggested this on a previous thread (before starting this one) and > someone complained of yet another file affecting emacs behaviour. Then I > suggested the streamlined version of that in the first email of this thread > (having a file that delays initialization, but doesn't actually get > evaluated), and the few responses I got still preferred the other > option. My preference would be to add a post-package-init.el thereby not changing the defined semantics of the current system at all. Nic