package is available from a higher-priority archive. (This is
controlled by the value of @code{package-menu-hide-low-priority}.)
- Once a package is downloaded and installed, it is made available to
-the current Emacs session. Making a package available adds its
-directory to @code{load-path} and loads its autoloads. The effect of
-a package's autoloads varies from package to package. Most packages
-just make some new commands available, while others have more
-wide-ranging effects on the Emacs session. For such information,
-consult the package's help buffer.
+ Once a package is downloaded, byte-compiled and installed, it is
+made available to the current Emacs session. Making a package
+available adds its directory to @code{load-path} and loads its
+autoloads. The effect of a package's autoloads varies from package to
+package. Most packages just make some new commands available, while
+others have more wide-ranging effects on the Emacs session. For such
+information, consult the package's help buffer.
Installed packages are automatically made available by Emacs in all
subsequent sessions. This happens at startup, before processing the