On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:37:43 +0100 Mika Fischer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm currently maintaining the ninja package on the AUR [1]. Recently, > there has been an issue about which I'd like to ask for your advice: > > ninja contains an files for emacs to support edititng the rules files > of ninja. A user suggested that I compile the provided .el file to an > .elc file. I did that, but then other users complained about the > build-dependency on emacs. Now another user suggested that in the > PKGBUILD, I should check whether emacs is installed and only then > compile the .el file. I'm not totally opposed to this, but it feels a > bit strange that the package is different, depending on the system > it's built on. > > What would you do in this situation? I would leave it at .el files. Anyone who really cares about .elc files will already know how to create them. The speed difference won't be all that noticeable anyway. -- Jonathan Arnold Webstream: http://hieronymus.soup.io Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships. Michael Jordan
