bug#62767: 29.0.90; [PATCH] *lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el: set variables after info package

[Philip Kaludercic]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>> Cc: 62767@debbugs.gnu.org,  eliz@gnu.org
>> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:07:54 +0000
>> 
>> lin Sun <sunlin7@yahoo.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > The package.el will always require the entire `info.el` on its package
>> > activating function.
>> > Using the `with-eval-after-load` to arrange the work can avoid the
>> > unnecessary loading the `info` package.
>> 
>> Note that this is not the only place where info is required.  If this is
>> an acceptable solution (which I am not sure since `with-eval-after-load'
>> is something I usually encounter in user configurations), then we should
>> think about consistently addressing the issue:
>
> What exactly are the problems with requiring info.el?  We require
> packages that define some function in gazillion other places, so what
> makes this one case special?

Some people optimise the startup time of Emacs and want to avoid loading
files that are not necessary for Emacs to start-up.

-- 
Philip Kaludercic