[Info-vax] VGIT for VMS x86-64 - failed to make .git directory

[Dave Froble]

On 5/9/2023 5:05 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2023-05-09 16:48:52 +0000, MJ OS_EXAMINE said:
>
>> On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 11:58:51 AM UTC-4, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>> With SET PROCESS/PARSE=EXTEND and on an ODS-5 disk? If not, start there.
>> I should have checked that the disk had ODS-5, as that turned out to be the
>> issue.
>> Doing the init without specifying /struct still defaults to ODS-2, apparently.
>
> It is safe to assume that OpenVMS app and system defaults are somewhere between
> somewhat-less-than-optimal, and wrong. Most were probably reasonable choices,
> once upon a time.

If talking about disk initialization, I for one would assume that defaulting to 
original operations would be reasonable, and using newer capabilities an option. 
  Or, if the option was not specified, ask the user which is desired.

> It is also safe to assume that OpenVMS tools will not check prerequisites such
> as required quotas or volume formats, and the resulting misconfigurations can or
> will fail with obscure messages.

One needs to be a bit competent to do things, though, obscure messages are never 
acceptable.

> Compatibility is a harsh default, particularly when the costs of compatibility
> are shifted to new work and not onto under- or unmaintained apps. Trade-offs
> between short term and long term are never fun choices.
>

Quite so.

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