>>>>> "SJT" == Stephen J Turnbull <turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp&gt; writes: Martin> I'm not sure I understand what the technical problem is right now. I Martin> assume we're still trying to solve the excessive stats problem. MS> Yup. Martin> What was wrong with my technical suggestion of Martin> - adding core lisp/ as a hierarchy of depth 0. Martin> - if mule, adding lisp/mule as another hierarchy of depth 0. Martin> - adding package hierarchies using a different depth. MS> Because then, the Lisp code treats the two directories as being MS> side-by-side whereas the physical relationship is "subdirectory of." Martin> This is a far smaller sin than renaming a directory, and is an Martin> implementation detail a user will never notice. MS> Your stated wish was not to treat mule/ specially, but your suggestion MS> does just that. Martin> No, other features could be treated the same way. You're losing me. Sure, they could be. But they shouldn't be. The same holds for what I suggest. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla