Re: [PATCH] Fixing package-initialize, adding early init file

[Radon Rosborough]

I noticed that discussion seems to have died off on the
package-initialize patch. Is there anything I can do to
help it along?

> Attached is a preliminary patch for fixing "the package-initialize
> problem" (see [1] [2] [3]) by adding an early init file. Feedback
> welcome. In particular,
>
> - do we want to try to factor out some common logic in loading the
>   early init file versus the regular init file?
> - have I broken anything in moving the check for an invalid username
>   earlier in startup.el? what about moving package-initialize earlier?
> - should `early-init-file' be defined in C?
> - did I miss any documentation fixes?
> - have I broken any style guidelines for the repository?
>
> Additional question: if we moved forward with this patch, would it
> make it into Emacs 26.1?
>
> Best,
> Radon Rosborough
>
> [1]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-08/msg00154.html
> [2]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-08/msg00433.html
> [3]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-09/msg00023.html