bug#53024: 29.0.50; Wishlist: Byte-compile loaddefs.el?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org,  53024@debbugs.gnu.org,  monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2022 14:09:25 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Doesn't distclean remove the *.eln files as well?  It should, IMO:
> > these files will never exist in a release tarball.
> >
> > If the *.eln files were removed by distclean, then how come nativecomp
> > machinery at all kicked in?
> 
> I don't quite follow you -- it's when the *.eln files are missing that
> the nativecomp machinery does kick in.

Is this still relevant, after all the recent changes?