Re: bug#30854: 27.0.50; Speeding up package.el startup

[Stefan Kangas]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Maybe the difference is just due to loading `package`?
> IOW, what happens if you add (require 'package) to your "Quick start
> disabled" version?  Does the startup time go back up to ~0.28?

Why not just preload package.el?  A good 75 percent of our users seem to
use it, according to the Emacs Survey.

28.8 %  built-in package.el
46.3 %  use-package [uses package.el behind the scenes]
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75.1 %  total

Source: https://emacssurvey.org/2020/