> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 21:16:36 +0100 > From: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> > Cc: Rob Browning <r...@defaultvalue.org>, 793...@bugs.debian.org, > Texinfo <bug-texinfo@gnu.org> > > > Symlinks are less portable than init files. > > What operating systems don't support symlinks
Windows. (Later versions do, but creating a symlink requires privileges.) > and why is it important enough to add an extra feature for them that > isn't needed on other operating systems, complicating the situation > for everybody else who isn't using them? Init files are a widely used feature, it's not a complication at all.
