bug#17530: 24.4.50; `package-load-list': incorrect defcustom type

[Noam Postavsky]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> But at least in Emacs 26.3, the default is still
> `(all)'.  For the record, this part of the problem
> hasn't been addressed:
>
>> If someone does not customize this or does
>> `package-initialize' in their init file before
>> loading `custom-file' then they might be in
>> for an unwelcome surprise, depending on what
>> packages they have locally.
>>
>> The default value would be better as nil, IMHO.

A default of nil would mean that no packages are loaded.  So pretty much
anyone installing packages would have to customize it to `(all)' in
order to get their packages working.  That sounds like a worse default.