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Re: [PATCH] Fixing package-initialize, adding early init file


From: Radon Rosborough
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fixing package-initialize, adding early init file
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:40:06 -0700

> Why would there be (setq package-initialized nil) in the early init file?
> I could imagine there being
>
>     (setq package-initialized t)
>
> OTOH, to inhibit subsequent initialization of package.el.

Whoops, that was indeed what I meant to say. But I still argue that
the readability is hurt, because (setq package-initialized t) is
basically a lie: you're saying that package.el was initialized
already, when in fact the purpose is quite possibly to ensure that
package.el is *never* initialized.



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