Subject: bug#36681: Feature Request: Option to build Emacs without byte-compilation.

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 19:05:54 -0400

Noam Postavsky wrote:

> I wouldn't be sure that skipping elc building entirely would be a win,
> since some of the build requires running the Emacs, and an Emacs using
> .el files instead of .elc files would be slower.

IMO That's one reason why:

 make -C src all   # "all" seems better than "emacs" these days

is a better solution. It compiles the required elc files but no more.
It also avoids the makeinfo step, which can be slow.

I'm marking this as wontfix.