Re: Merging native-comp and pgtk

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 13.02.2021 16:53, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> The primary way Emacs is distributed is already-compiled, and these will
> presumably have .eln files pre-installed.  I think it makes some sense
> in having the development version of Emacs behave more like what users
> see normally, which means defaulting to compiling .eln files when saying
> "make".

But the actual people who compile Emacs for distribution are the 
minority, aren't they? So it might make sense to just document the 
advice to do full AOT when compiling for distribution, but default to 
lazy compilation.

> But it would indeed make sense to be able to inhibit it if your build
> machine isn't super-spiffy.

Or, you know, if you update the code often enough and don't want to 
waste time on native-recompiling the world every time.

Also, the lazy compilation approach seems to be the trickiest to get 
right, so I'd keep it the default even just to expose it to as many 
users as possible, to iron out whatever kinds could hide there.