On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > > The directory is very large when you have a lot of packages > > installed, and it takes a lot of processing to open it with a file > > manager, web browser, or dired. > > I completly agree. I have 434 items in /usr/doc, and that's too many. > Splitting it up by package section is a very good idea.
I disagree. I rarely need to list the directory as I know roughly what's in it, but I very often want to type in the name; splitting it up would only mean more keystrokes for me. Am I right in thinking that taking ages to list full directories is a particular problem with linux? Will the current changes to the VFS code in 2.1.x help? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .