Re: bootstrap from scratch

[Richard Stallman]

    Perhaps a better approach is to start a timer on load, and if appt is
    not "activated" within a few seconds, then warn the user that loading
    the package no longer activates it, and tell them the prefered way of
    activating appt (usually via an autoloaded function).

This could be a good approach.  But I am not sure, because probably
most people that use this package activate it from the .emacs file.
If it works well in that case too, then it is good.