Re: Suggest: Byte-Compile package-quickstart on a separate thread?

[Stefan Kangas]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> The faster startup is nice, but one consequence of byte-compiling
>> package-quickstart after package updates is that emacs blocks for a
>> while. I myself use package paradox which already does the
>> download/unpack asynchronously; could we also move the
>> byte-compilation of package-quickstart to a separate thread?
>
> Sounds like a good idea,

Agreed.  I'd suggest sending a feature request to the bug tracker so we
don't forget about it.