Re: installing elisp .el files

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Erick Branderhorst writes in private email (I hope he doesn't mind me
posting):
> I noticed that dpkg comes with debian-changelog-mode.el instead of
> a precompiled .elc file.
> 
> Here is a file elisp-comp which is used in several gnu packages as
> well for compiling and installing .el[c] files:

Hmm.  Is it really worth byte-compiling such a small file ?

If the Emacs maintainer tells me to do it I'll do it.  I'd also like
him to tell me what to put in the policy manual on this subject.

Thanks,
Ian.