GNU bug report logs - #2577
23.0.91; startup.el should choose .emacs ahead of .emacs.elc if .emacs is newer

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Message #54 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2577: 23.0.91; startup.el should choose .emacs ahead of .emacs.elc if .emacs is newer
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:24:18 +0000

On 2009-03-06 20:04 +0000, Phil Hagelberg wrote:
> One of these libraries gets a bug fixed, so he installs the update and
> checks it in. Now he moves to another machine that has his dotfiles
> checked out, and he pulls in the update, but it's ignored in favour of
> the out-of-date .elc file.

Personally, I quite like the current behaviour. As mentioned in another
post, it gives users the power to compile .el files when they are mature
and continue working on them.

-- 
.:  Leo  :.  [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ]  .: I use Emacs :.

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