Re: Add a configure option for NATIVE_FULL_AOT?

[Tom Gillespie]

> My fear is that this change of concept will delay the release of Emacs
> 28, because we are moving the carpet under our feet too close to
> cutting the release branch, and will most probably bump into problems
> we didn't see until now.

I don't think that there is any change of concept here. This was one of the
original ways to build the eln files and I have been using it for over a year.

I understand the concern, but wouldn't it be better to get the functionality
out so that we can get more eyeballs/systems using it to see if there are
any issues?

> Also, please note that the *.eln files are stored without keeping the
> subdirectory structure below lisp/, they are all lumped in the same
> directory, unlike the *.elc files.  I guess next we will be asked to
> preserve the tree structure...

We had this conversation almost exactly a year ago as well.
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2020-08/msg01036.html
The eln files are architecture specific and should not be stored along
with the elc files (amusingly I would love to be able to store all my elc
files in a single location ...). Quite a bit of though and testing have gone
in to make sure that system wide full AOT compilation works and is
distro and packaging friendly.

More on this later. Best!
Tom