Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 08:25:56 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <199805221225.IAA20852@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: nate AT cartsys DOT com
CC: brianr3572 AT aol DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <19980522055054.AAC29314@ppp112.cartsys.com> (message from Nate
	Eldredge on Thu, 21 May 1998 22:51:00 -0700)
Subject: Re: LFN=N???
Precedence: bulk


> > A) I'm not putting anyone or their work or the compiler down..it is
> > great and the zip picker is one of the best (working!) ideas I've
> > ever seen, I merely think having LFN=N by default is stupid, that's
> > just an opinion.  The fact that it's going to be changed I honestly
> > think is an important step.
>
> I will agree that in light of experience, LFN=N has proved to be
> counterproductive. I disagree that it was a stupid decision. Everybody has
> 20/20 hindsight.

LFN=N in 2.00 because it needed to be compatible with 1.12

LFN=N in 2.01 because LFN in 2.00 didn't work *quite* right, and we
didn't know if 2.01's LFN would work right.  2.01 had some bugs too,
but not as many as 2.00.  Also, many zips were 8.3 and didn't work
with LFN=Y (like c++ header names).

LFN will be Y in 2.02.