I've added Alex's patch to the FAQ, but tweaked it to describe [what I
think is] the current consensus about symlink support -- which matches
what Travis says below.
-Karl
Travis P <svn@castle.fastmail.fm> writes:
> I would agree that the statement, "there are no plans to include such
> support" might be mistakenly read, "the issue has been considered and
> rejected." Alex's faq suggestion also invited participatory comments
> about the portability problem, thus showing that the project is not
> closed to the idea. Maybe the faq answer can be revised to more
> accurately describe the situation.
>
> As I read the situation from the mailing lists (I don't know what
> transpired on irc either): given the lack of high priority amongst
> committers, it seems reasonable to say that Unix-style symlinks are
> not supported currently and their support is not a high priority nor
> an active development item amongst committers at this time in the
> Spring of 2004. That's my impression about where things stand,
> without suggesting that things should be any different (though I am
> personally interested in having symlink support as I do a lot of
> non-Windows-only work :-). If the situation changes, the faq could be
> updated of course. Having lots of up-to-date information on the
> project website is a strength of this project.
>
> The thread on users@ had a lot of suggestions such that I think it
> needed committer interest to mediate what would or would not be
> acceptable as an approach.
>
> -Travis
>
>
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