Re: bug#30854: 27.0.50; Speeding up package.el startup

[Stefan Monnier]

> I can also udate "user" functions of package.el (package-list,
> package-refresh-contents etc) to check if package.el is initialized, and
> if not they could call package-initialize on behalf of user, so end users
> does not need to call pacakge-initialize themselves, neither in init
> file or interactively. As I see now, some of them already do so, some don't.

Indeed some calls to `package-initialize` are probably still missing.
[ I don't know what you mean by `package-list`, OTOH.  ]
Sometimes rather than add a call to it, it's better to rework the code
so it doesn't require `package-initialize` to run before, tho.

E.g. I can't see why `package-refresh-contents` would need
`package-initialize` to run before it can do its job.


        Stefan