🚀 go-pugleaf

   From: casey@gauss.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom)
   Date: 6 Feb 90 23:17:36 GMT

     I'm really not advocating throwing all the gunk away, I'd just like it
   separated out and, if possible, convince GNU to move it off to an
   entirely separate distribution tree.  I'd like to pick up a GNU emacs
   distribution and only get a system editor.  Not 3Mb of randomness (a
   guess) plus a debugger.  If I want the 3Mb of randomness or the debugger,
   I can pick up those trees separately and do a (make; make install; make
   clean) in their directories.

But what is junk?  If we agree for the sake of argument that an
obsolete version of gdb, zippy and friends, and the sex man pages are
junk there is still a very large questionable area.

Many people would claim that most of the *.el files in the lisp
directory are junk.  While I have removed these for *very* memory
tight installations, I disagree strongly.  The *.el files are needed
in a decent installation for at least two reasons: they are the only
decent documentation for many facilities, and they are needed as a
base for user customization and extension.

Other people claim that the the on line manual is junk.  Again, I
disagree. 
--

                                            dan

In real life: Dan Pierson, Encore Computer Corporation, Research
UUCP: {talcott,linus,necis,decvax}!encore!pierson
Internet: pierson@encore.com