> I think that, given that symlinks in directories which consist of ALL sym-
> links will at least double (likely more!) the size of a directory, and
> seeing that directories are kept relatively small on purpose (there are
> always exceptions, so don't bother telling me that!), putting symlinks in
> the directories themselves would be tantamount to having directory entries
> consist of full pathnames, which, of course, would be patently absurd.

Oh my.  Consider the impact of this on a two-device /usr/spool/news.  Some
directories will blow up to frightening lengths.  Netnews is hardly a rare
application.

> Anything is worth experimenting, but be sure to hit "worst case".  These
> days, "average usage" is closer to "worst case" than to "median usage".

Or more importantly, if we render NetBSD useless for netnews, we will markedly
reduce its appeal.  I would submit that there are much better things to spend
time experimenting with...