Is it possible at startup to disable the connection to the ELPA repositories?
I have
(when (>= emacs-major-version 24)
(require 'package)
(package-initialize)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/") t))
in my init.el and every time I start emacs, it does connect to the repositories. I would prefer to do that manually time to time.
Using the package-spec.el
package makes the connection happen.