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Why Emacs is echoing message for each installed Emacs package while startup

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From: Akib Azmain Turja <akib <at> disroot.org>
To: help-guix <at> gnu.org, guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why Emacs is echoing message for each installed Emacs package
 while startup
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:27:38 +0600

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Akib Azmain Turja <akib <at> disroot.org> writes:

> Jorge P. de Morais Neto <jorge+list <at> disr.it> writes:
>
>> Hi!  I reply below:
>>
>> Em [2022-05-22 dom 17:26:55+0600], Akib Azmain Turja escreveu:
>>> Thanks a lot.  Just a question, where should I send the patch?
>>> guix-devel?
>>
>> Did you send the patch?  I have searched debbugs and have not found any
>> such submission.  I care because:
>>
>> 1. It significantly pollutes the *Messages* buffer, which can mask
>>    important warnings such as when Emacs loads a .elc byte compiled file
>>    that is older than its source code.
>> 2. For people who byte-compile Elisp files from a Makefile, these
>>    messages causes significant pollution, masking byte-compilation warnings.
>> 3. For people who use the nativecomp feature (from a guix channel),
>>    the native compilation of *each* Emacs package yields loading messages
>>    for *every* Guix-installed Emacs package, resulting in O(n^2) growth.
>>
>> Regards
>
> Thanks for reminding.  I forgot it completely, because the only Emacs
> package I have currently installed with Guix is emacs-vterm, because
> Guix doesn't work with the Emacs I compiled myself.  I have attached the
> patch to this message and CCed to guix-patches.
>
> CC guix-patches, for each Emacs package I have installed, Emacs echoes
> "Loading /gnu/store/...-emacs-.../...-autoloads.el" while startup.  I
> have attached a patch fixing it (thanks to "André A. Gomes
> <andremegafone <at> gmail.com>" for preparing it).

Did I really sent the patch?  Looks like I forgot to attach the patch
and CC guix-patches.  :-/

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