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

[João Távora]

Radon Rosborough <address@hidden> writes:

>> A follow up: if I do use packages but never mess with its "advanced
>> options" (or even customize by that matter), will I also never have
>> this second file?
>
> Correct. If you don't have to customize `package-user-dir' or
> `package-load-list', and you don't need to stop package.el from
> loading packages that you already installed, then there is no need for
> the early init file.
>
> Note also that with this patch, unlike in the current situation, Emacs
> doesn't do anything automatically. No files are created or modified by
> Emacs.

Thank you. Sounds reasonable, then.

João