Nicholas Vollmer

> I think the only thing that matters here is the numeric emacs version 28.1 That seems to be the case for the example you gave, but that does not...

> why is it compiled in the first place the usual advice from emacs-devel is not to compile init files? The straight.el library is intended to be used in an...

> I suppose the question here is why does straight.el need to be compiled Compiling the library should lead to lower init start up times than running the library interpreted.

Apologies for the confusion. The documentation could use an overhaul in general (see #671). While the current README is thorough, I feel it misses what many users are actually looking...

I do think this is worth reconsidering at some point. `install.el` requires that we maintain some duplicate code in two separate files: https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el/issues/418#issuecomment-695275251 (This bug is actually still present on...

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I agree we could simplify the README and move some of the other information to a secondary site or document(s). Will discuss with...

Thank you for bringing that to our attention. I will fix that ASAP. > If I find some other issues like this in the documentation I will write them here...

https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el/issues/827#issue-953473692 Explicitly mention, provide example usage of `:type` nil.

discussion for `:type nil` support moved to #844

https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el/issues/517#issuecomment-940459088