If the bug is that the files are not loaded correctly: my tree puts 50dpkg-dev.el in /etc/emacs/site-start.d, which from the bug report I and from the Debian Emacsen policy I have (from emacsen-common 1.4.8) is supposed to be loaded by every Emacs.
Alternatively, if the bug is that the files aren't byte-compiled: I don't think this is a bug. In particular, I think the extra hassle, unreliability and time consumed when installing/upgrading dpkg-dev and/or emacs packages far outweigh any benefit to be gained from having this file byte-compiled. (I agree that this would seem to apply to nearly any .el-containing package.) Furthermore, the Debian Emacsen Policy doesn't seem to require files like this to be byte-compiled. Given this, does the submitter agree that there is no bug here any more at least in my tree ? Ian.
