Re: windows problems summary

>This is just to summarize all the problems which make porting to that
>thing so boring. Maybe if we have them all on one page, it'd be easier
>to locate the workarounds (it can be one thread, for example).
>
>1. opened and mmaped files can't be removed or renamed
>  (caused workaround with reading index in memory)
>2. command can safely contain only one argument
>  (breaks and complicates passing things between processes)
>3. no fork
>  (slows down and complicates passing things between processes)
>4. non-unix permissions model
>  (breaks x-attr)
>5. real slow filesystems and caching
>  (makes everything slow. I noticed I'm trying to avoid git status!).
>  Caused workaround with manual checkout)
>6. real slow program startup
>  (makes everything slow, eventually may cause everything being put
>  in one super-executable, just to avoid spawning new processes,
>  with all associated problems. Makes scripting harder)
>
>I hope this message can be a start of a big porting thread,
>even though it is only about windows at the moment.