GNU bug report logs - #36681
Feature Request: Option to build Emacs without byte-compilation.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>

Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:12:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 36681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> gmail.com, rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: esq <at> lawlist.com
Subject: bug#36681: Feature Request: Option to build Emacs without byte-compilation.
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 08:19:51 +0100

On July 17, 2019 12:13:21 AM GMT+01:00, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > We used to distribute the compiled Lisp files, which made
> installation
> > much faster.  They were removed a few years ago
> 
> I don't think that's the case, compiled .elc files are still in the
> latest tarball releases.  They're not version controlled, so people
> tracking development with git do have to compile the Lisp files.

I think Richard meant that in the past we kept *.elc files in the repository.
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