bug#22561: 25.0.90; dired alphabetic sort of listing handles leading '.' strangely on MS Windows

[Drew Adams]

> > > > Why was the default behavior changed?
> > > Because it's a better default.
> > Why?  What supporting reasons?
> 
> It's closer to what Emacs does on GNU/Linux.  It is also closer to
> what the Windows Explorer does.
> 
> > Was there discussion about that, or did someone just decide
> > it without discussion?
> 
> There were lots of discussions when this was introduced.

OK; thanks.  I must have missed that.