RE: "Emacs Lisp Packages" chapter in the Emacs manual

[Drew Adams]

> >  (provide 'my-feature)  ; Ignored by byte compiler,
> >                         ;   evaluated by 'load'.
> >  (require 'my-feature)  ; Evaluated by byte compiler.
> 
> Yes, it used to be popular.  But it is the telltale sign of a recursive
> dependency between packages, which is something better avoided (just
> like `advice` is better avoided: we *do* want to support it because
> it's really handy when you really need it, but don't abuse it).
> 
> So please don't go there unless you have to.

Not sure what you're suggesting.  Are you saying
that text should be removed from the manual?