** Convert all defvars with leading `*' in the doc-strings into defcustoms
of appropriate :type and :group.
+** Remove any leading `*'s from defcustom doc-strings.
+
+** Remove unnecessary autoload cookies from defcustoms.
+This needs a bit of care, since often people have become used to
+expecting such variables to always be defined, eg when they modify
+things in their .emacs.
+
* Small but important fixes needed in existing features:
** Flymake's customization mechanism needs to be both simpler (fewer