In the messages I'm now replying to, basically we were debating details of some potential use cases, in the context of how far a per-WC control might or might not be adequate over the range of possible cases.
I started drafting a point-by-point reply but I think we may better use our time agreeing that some cases would benefit from finer grained control but we're not yet in a position to quantify it. Just some selected inline responses: Daniel Shahaf wrote: > [...] > Haven't you just moved your goalposts? I quote: I don't think so. I could have been unclear. The phrases "not 'huge'" and "minority of the pristine space" do not appear to conflict. The double negatives can be confusing. [...] >> I don't dispute that some cases exist where it would be nice to have >> per-file control. [...] > > Hang on. Why do you assume that if someone has big files, then they're > necessarily all out in a one directory and [...] I don't, and can't see where I implied that. - Julian
