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This will help Windows users who have filesystem and zip compression issues with deeply nested dependency trees.
by shill 11y ago
This will help Windows users who have filesystem and zip compression issues with deeply nested dependency trees.
- frik 11y agoWindows to this day still has the 260 chars path limit. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx#maxpath http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_filename https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_filename Microsoft should finally fix such old limitations (-> update WinAPI), instead adding work arounds to third party projects like Nodejs. https://github.com/Microsoft/nodejstools/issues/69 https://github.com/Microsoft/nodejstools/issues/69 They could also improve the command line shell (cmd.exe) that also PowerShell relies on.
- bcoates 11y agoThat's a serious breaking change to existing windows programs and can safely be put in the "never going to happen" pile.