Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> clipka wrote:
> > I don't think Linux package managers will automatically 
> > un-install those if you uninstall that image processing package 

> Actually, Windows will do this, too. The problem is that not every installer 
> will mark what dependencies it uses, so you'll often get the question "Hey, 
> the DLL called <incomprehensible>.DLL looks unused, should I uninstall it?"

  Btw, that's another annoying feature of Windows. Even though Windows
moved away from 8+3 characters long file names in 1995, most if not all
DLLs and other system files still adhere to that convention, for no
apparent or logical reason, so instead of getting a nice descriptive
file name telling you exactly what the DLL is for, you get a crpyptic
8-characters-long name which could well be random for all you know.

  Why are they doing that? I understand it that they did it the first
few years, but even today, 14 years later? That makes no sense.

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