> >> Also, is the size of the namespace list an issue? > > > > how does history(1) work in the face of a complicated namespace? > > we get buy now because the rules are pretty simple. > > Hmm.. your scripts to setup your namespace also exist in the > wayback machine, no? > Perhaps this is a good argument for > http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~baford/vxa/ ?
you've got to be able to get at the history to begin with. *that's* the problem. lyndon's right, history doesn't work even on the usual union directories. compounding the problem doesn't seem like the right way to go. - erik