GNU bug report logs - #22561
25.0.90; dired alphabetic sort of listing handles leading '.' strangely on MS Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Gallagher <kevin.gal <at> verizon.net>

Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 00:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 25.0.90

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #30 received at 22561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 22561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kevin.gal <at> verizon.net
Subject: RE: bug#22561: 25.0.90;	dired alphabetic sort of listing handles
 leading '.' strangely on MS	Windows
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 14:55:02 -0800 (PST)

> > > > Why was the default behavior changed?
> > > Because it's a better default.
> > Why?  What supporting reasons?
> 
> It's closer to what Emacs does on GNU/Linux.  It is also closer to
> what the Windows Explorer does.
> 
> > Was there discussion about that, or did someone just decide
> > it without discussion?
> 
> There were lots of discussions when this was introduced.

OK; thanks.  I must have missed that.
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