"T.V Raman" via "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
writes:
Here's a small patch  that uses make-thread:

git diff package.el
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index bc450b09d0..104c2d8e71 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -4108,7 +4108,7 @@ package-quickstart-refresh
 ;; no-update-autoloads: t
 ;; End:
 "))
-    (byte-compile-file package-quickstart-file)))
+    (make-thread #'byte-compile-file package-quickstart-file)))
 
 (defun package--imenu-prev-index-position-function ()
   "Move point to previous line in package-menu buffer.

> Haven't written the patch yet;-)Stefan Monnier writes:
>  > > The faster startup is nice, but one consequence of byte-compiling
>  > > package-quickstart after package updates is that emacs blocks for a
>  > > while. I myself use package paradox which already does the
>  > > download/unpack asynchronously; could we also move the
>  > > byte-compilation of package-quickstart to a separate thread?
>  > 
>  > Sounds like a good idea, but you forgot to attach the patch to
>  > your message.
>  > 
>  > 
>  >         Stefan ;-)
>
> -- 
> ♈Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  🦮♈

-- 

Thanks,

--Raman
♈ Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  🦮