>>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; writes: Hrvoje> Now that we are closed to code freeze, I've looked at the startup Hrvoje> speed again, and here is what I got: Hrvoje> $ truss -t stat -o out xemacs -q -nw -f kill-emacs Hrvoje> I tried this with XEmacs 20.3 (the default configuration), and with my Hrvoje> 21.0 installation containing a moderate number of packages (probably Hrvoje> less than there were in 20.3). Hrvoje> Basically, 20.3 performs 96 stats, while 21.0 performs 651 Hrvoje> stats. On the technical side, could you try again with `packages-hierarchy-depth' (in packages.el) changed to 0?