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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 18:04:55 -0400
To: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>,
   "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>,
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From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: RE: ITP: netpbm
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At 01:40 PM 4/27/2002, Robert Collins wrote:


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu] 
> > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 2:46 AM
>
>...
> > But cygwin is used on 
> > both NTFS and 
> > FAT...
>
>Which is the killer question: is adding a directory to the search path
>more or less of a performance hog than adding x-100 .exes and/or .dll's
>to the /usr/bin directory. And will the inevitable 'my dos script can't
>find netpbm foobar tool' questions be worth it?


No, not in my book.


>Well my system32 directory here has 1971 files. Adding a coupla hundred
>optional files doesn't seem all that bad to me.
>
>And hey, if FAT is too slow, folk can always install the windows ext2
>driver.



Right, there are alternatives to this issue.  I believe performance is an
important concern but not to the exclusion of simple usability.  Some 
people will complain if this package causes things to slow down for them.
But everyone will complain if they can't run the package after they install 
it.  I think we should absolutely avoid the latter case.  The former
we can deal with as required.

Just my $.02.



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