On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Peter Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Basicly the issue is whether to canonicalize the imported file name > or to use the absolute path. > > Jesse makes a good point for using the absolute path. The problem > is that this is a incompatible change.
Yep, he found similar problems in 1.3 (that's what he's talking about in the paragraph starting with "Historically") and at that time we (not just me, I just committed the change) decided to break backwards compatibility and state it in WHATSNEW. The main reason was, and I think it applies now as well, is that you usually can get whatever you gain via canonicalization in a different way (the different symlinking strategy he points you to) but there is no stable workaround against canonicalization. +1 for breaking bwc. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
