Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch&gt; writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org: If they're implemented under the same conditions as eudc does it, yes. Yes. VC has a viral load that is impossible to reverse. It might be useful to sync it with FSF Emacs 20.3. For now, yes. Yes, that sounds good and leaves it to the discretion of the user without being unnecesarily cumbersome. There is a mechanism. If you arrange to have a (provide 'vc-autoloads) executed before the autoloads file is read, it will suppress loading. Right. We should be able to accomodate that case. For VC, your suggestion of a `load VC hooks' or attaching a menu with only a `initialize VC' menuitem (which loads VC hooks and replaces that menuitem with the full menu) might be the best approach.