From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: package.el: bytecode portability across emacs versions Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 20:02:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20070521134747.GA14137@baal.lan> <85veemdp3s.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20070522001139.GA11896@baal.lan> <85tztyrfgu.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85tztxo3ss.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1180397056 11282 80.91.229.12 (29 May 2007 00:04:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 00:04:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: trentbuck@gmail.com, elpa@tromey.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 29 02:04:11 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HspC3-0005LS-CC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 May 2007 02:04:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HspC3-0003HP-0K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 20:04:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HspB6-0002Tg-IQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 20:03:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HspB4-0002SU-Rp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 20:03:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HspB4-0002SP-Ms for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 20:03:06 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HspB4-0003Cr-4r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 20:03:06 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HspAr-0001LV-9N; Mon, 28 May 2007 20:02:53 -0400 In-reply-to: <85tztxo3ss.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Mon, 28 May 2007 08:33:39 +0200) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:71912 Archived-At: You are talking about "the directory". I'n talking about two specific directories that we would put into the normal value of load-path, in the order that we choose. load-path establishes an _order_, and we can have repetitive elements in this order when the user installs his own version of some packages intended to override the system version. I don't understand the scenario you have in mind, but most people who add to load-path are lilely to do so by adding directories. Adding directories which package.el doesn't use won't cause any problem. So I don't see a problewm here.