Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 11:01:53 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: BrianR3572 <brianr3572 AT aol DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: LFN=N???
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On 21 May 1998, BrianR3572 wrote:

> Can someone answer why in the ^*^)&%$^!* LFN is set to N by default??!?!!? 

When LFN support was introduced, it had some subtle bugs which
required a very careful setup.  So it was turned off by default, to
prevent a lot of people from having a non-functional package.  Now
these problems are solved, so the next release will turn LFN on by
default.

> That seems like the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

Please refrain from calling work of other people dumb, especially if
you don't know anything about the reasons behind certain design
decisions.  No design decision in DJGPP was made without thorough
discussion.  Don't expect people to help you for free if you call them
dumb.