Eli Zaretskii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> From: Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:16:25 +0200
>> Cc: [email protected]
>>
>> "Richard M. Stallman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > Would you like to change `make install' to compress the
>> > .el files?
>>
>> Ok, I'll do that in a few days' time in case someone objects to the
>> change.
>
> I suggest that we be careful and conservative here.
>
> First, there are some .el files that don't have a corresponding .elc
> file; I think such .el file should not be compressed, since then Emacs
> will not work without gzip being available.
>
> Second, I think this compression should not be done on non-Posix
> systems where gzip is not available.
>
> And third, I think that we should not compress as part of tarring the
> distribution.
Maybe add an
make install-gzip
target?
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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