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I'm not trolling. How long does it take to start emacs for you? > Multithreading just sidesteps the problem while introducing its own can of worms. In the me

I'm not trolling. How long does it take to start emacs for you? > Multithreading just sidesteps the problem while introducing its own can of worms. In the meantime we're all stuck waiting for package downloads. I don't know the specifics about why emacs can't move to a concurrent model but it's embarrassing at this point > The current async facilities are fine by me (I don’t use any auto* things, so YMMV). Yes, it is clear the people who maintain emacs are fine with it. This is why using emacs in 2026 is so shitty.

karthink 8mo ago
> In the meantime we're all stuck waiting for package downloads. I use Elpaca instead of the built-in package manager, which is better designed (declarative package specification) and fully asynchronous. The UI is also more thoughtful, with more granular search-as-you-type capability and easy git commit reviews of pending package updates. package.el is catching up to Elpaca in features, but async installs/updates is not one of them. https://github.com/progfolio/elpaca https://github.com/progfolio/elpaca