/etc/emacs/site-start.d and removing packages

[kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)]

A number of suggestions have been made, including some that frob
files in /etc/emacs/site-start.d to check if "their" package is still
installed.  IMHO this is the wrong approach.

My suggestion:

* Put files somewhere under /usr that make sure that each package
  works, such as via autoloads and suchlike.

* Any other customization that the user might wish to change should
  go in /etc/emacs/site-start.d.  Then, those files would just
  contain a bunch of setq statements which are harmless in any case.

* Use the built-in mechanisms for Emacs to frob load-path, for
  exampe.  Emacs reads files called subdirs.el from all directories
  in load-path, I think.

  This last item might interact badly with the Debian policy of
  separating *.el and *.elc, I'm not sure.

WDYT?
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