Re: Preview: portable dumper

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: John Wiegley <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:11:15 -0800
> 
> >>>>> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > By contrast, dumping code is a central and mandatory part of building Emacs
> > and of its startup process. It cannot be ignored or made optional.
> 
> Could we ask Daniel to include his code under an #ifdef, so until it's proven
> we can always disable it, or back out the changes easily if need be?

What would that solve?  Don't we still need to review the patches,
compile the code once in a while, debug it as needed, etc.?

> I'd like to entertain the experiment, if we can.

Fine, but why do you need me for that?  What would be my role in that
experiment?