Re: PDUMP vs. UNION_TYPE + C++
Kyle Jones <kyle_jones(a)wonderworks.com> writes:
> - We want to make it possible for users/site to do their down
dump
> (for instance with the package autoloads preloaded, so XEmacs can
> startup quickly). This would suggest NOT tying the dump file to
> lisp.
I don't agree about this second objective. Sites can already do
their own customize dumps, via site-load.el.
Consider the case where "Site" is using a prebuild XEmacs from its
linux distributor. Now "Site" has upgraded the packages/installed
others and wants do a dump with the (updated) autoloads already
included. Writing to the executable in this case is _bad_. Package
managers typically don't like executables being changed behind their
backs.
Users can't, but this is no great loss.
It would be loss. pdump-ing makes dumping much more lightweight and
thus I would love for this to be extended to users. (If you want to
make "redump" a mandatory part of upgrading the packages it might even
be necessary).
Jan