Re: about the byte-opt.el patch

[Stefan Monnier]

> Is this change really a good idea?  It defeats the purpose of CVSREAD,
> doesn't it?

Actually, no it doesn't.  "chmod +w" in such a context is more or less like
a "checkout" in RCS, so it's about as close to the right thing as we
can get.  Unless of course the file is *not* changed.

> Perhaps it is better to change autoload.el so that it can
> update even read-only files, and preserve the read-only attribute of a
> file after it's finished updating its autoload cookies.  WDYT?

I think that would be the wrong thing to do since you'd end up with a file
still read-only but modified.


        Stefan