Re: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package

[Stefan Monnier]

> I've heard about the problem with loading multiple times and I do agree
> that loading can be slow, especially when various kinds of extra
> functionality is requested. However, I am wondering about the actual
> numbers.  How long is long?

For me it's just the act of loading Org even for very plain org-mode
files (plain enough that they fall within the common subset covered by
`outline-mode`; the only reason I use org-mode for those files is
because it highlight and "activates" URLs).

I think it's fairly hard to quantify accurately: last time I tried to
benchmark it, the numbers (around 1s) were much lower than what I was
experiencing subjectively (I'd estimate 5s or more).  So, AFAICT, the
time to load Org mode is strongly affected by the size of the running
session or maybe by the presence of various third party packages, which
means benchmarking

    emacs --batch  --eval '(require `org)'

doesn't give a representative picture of the problem.


        Stefan