> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 21:16:36 +0100 > From: Gavin Smith <[email protected]> > Cc: Rob Browning <[email protected]>, [email protected], > Texinfo <[email protected]> > > > 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.
