bug#5448: 23.1.91; Loading a file in a Windows root directory loads gazillion packages

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  5448@debbugs.gnu.org,  Andreas Schwab 
> <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:01:09 +0100
> 
> Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:
> 
> > Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
> >
> >> It is on my todo list. Currently, Tramp loads *all* subpackages for
> >> different methods. It shall be rewritten, that subpackages are
> >> autoloaded only when a given method is needed.
> >>
> >> It is not trivial, so I don't know whether we shall do it before 23.2.
> >
> > No, let's save it for post-23.2.
> 
> Maybe I shall try it for tramp-imap.el. This package loads the majority
> of other packages, and it is not used widely (yet).

If this could be done safely enough to be included in v23.2, I'd
appreciate it.

Thanks.