Subject: RE: bug#22561: 25.0.90; dired alphabetic sort of listing handles leading '.' strangely on MS Windows

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:00:53 -0800 (PST)

> > >   *** The ls-lisp package uses `string-collate-lessp' to sort file
> names.
> > >   If you want the old, locale-independent sorting, customize the new
> > >   option `ls-lisp-use-string-collate' to a nil value.
> > >
> > > OK to close this bug?
> >
> > Why was the default behavior changed?
> 
> Because it's a better default.

Why?  What supporting reasons?

Was there discussion about that, or did someone just decide
it without discussion?