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[PATCH] Don't generate separate autoload file for htmlfontify.el

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 52400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52400: [PATCH] Don't generate separate autoload file for htmlfontify.el
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:37:19 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:32:51 +0000
> Cc: 52400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I wouldn't touch these issues with a 3-mile pole.  They are fragile,
> > and once they work, having an extra file with 3 definitions is a price
> > I take every day.  It just isn't worth the effort to awaken these
> > sleeping dogs.
> 
> What are the risks in a case like this?

That the build breaks.  Two possible variants of breakage:

  . the autoloads aren't updated when they should be
  . the rule for updating the autoloads is executedevery time you say
    "make", even if there was no change anywhere in Emacs

> It seems to me that they are low, in the sense that if we run into
> any problems we can just revert it and live happily ever after.

I say why take the risks, however low, if the problem is not serious
enough?

> The main benefit for me is just a general reduction of complexity, but
> admittedly it is small.

Exactly.

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