Subject: bug#52384: [External] : bug#52384: 26.3; dired buffer navigation tweak

From: Arthur Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:29:25 +0100

Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:

> Arthur Miller <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> I thought so; would it be unrealistic to suggest that Emacs by default switches
>> to ls-lisp.el on all hosts?
>
> ls-lisp.el is intended for MS-Windows, so IMO that would be a step
> backwards.

Why is it a step backwards?

> If we want to use some GNU ls specific flags, it would be better to try
> to detect GNU ls in some other way.

Yes, that is another possibility, but it means more work for not so much
benefit (docs, manual, detection).

Personally I could imagine Emacs going over to completely use it's own
facilities and left external binary to those who find they need some extra
feature or speed.