> Am 30.09.2016 um 09:53 schrieb Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org>:
>> Apple could (and IMHO should) have made case-sensitivity the default and let 
>> everyone come to term with the fact that foo and Foo are not the same thing 
>> (or add normalising glue code in their highlevel APIs).

> Apple has decided Mac OS has a case-insensitive filesystem by default; it's 
> pointless to talk about what you think they should have done; they didn't do 
> that.

Past/presence. But: Apple seems finally to go into case-sensitive per default 
resp. case-sensitive-only:
Apples forthcoming APFS is/will be case sensitive per default, and relating 
Sierra so far is case sensitive-only (when, if at all case-insensitivity will 
be implemented, only Apple knows):

Apple Developer Library: Apple File System Guide: FAQ: Compatibility
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/APFS_Guide/FAQ/FAQ.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40016999-CH6-DontLinkElementID_1

[quote]
Q: What are the limitations of Apple File System in macOS Sierra?
A: […]
° Case Sensitivity: Filenames are case-sensitive only.
[…]
[/quote]

ars technica (6/13/2016): Digging into the dev documentation for APFS, Apple’s 
new file system
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/06/digging-into-the-dev-documentation-for-apfs-apples-new-file-system/

[quote]
Perhaps most importantly, the file system currently is case-sensitive, and this 
cannot be disabled. HFS+ breaks with most Unix-y file systems in that it can be 
configured to not use case sensitivity; in fact, running OS X—ahem, macOS, 
sorry—with case-sensitive HFS+ can lead to its own problems. But, for now, if 
you want to use APFS, you’re going to do so on a non-startup volume, and you’re 
going to have to deal with case sensitivity.
[/quote]





Sierk Bornemann
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