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	Still thinking about this package-path thing ...

Q1/ Is it really a good idea to interfere with users private life by
    putting ~/.xemacs in the default value for package-path ? I mean
    that for dumping xemacs, (not beta testers) people wouldn't generaly
    incorporate personal stuff, all the more if xemacs is to be used by
    several users on a network. Am I wrong ?

Q2/ If Q1 is not a total nonsense, wouldn't it be better to let only 
    ${prefix}/lib/xemacs/packages in configure.in as a default value (still
    modifiable on the command line), and then putting this in site-init.el:

    (setq package-path (append (list "~/.xemacs") package-path))

    or even better :

    (setq package-path (append (list "~/.xemacs/packages") package-path))

Q3/ footnotes is given as a package, but it doesn't untar like gnus or auctex
    in etc lisp and info dirs. How do we make it install correctly ?

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