In article <dc9e7e39-f945-4b26-9f58-cb5655d0d...@twistedmatrix.com>, Glyph Lefkowitz <gl...@twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
> On Jan 10, 2011, at 1:37 PM, ®©ukasz Langa wrote: > > I'm using the case-sensitive variant of HFS+ since 10.4. It works, I like > > it and you get ./python with it. > I realize that this isn't a popularity contest for this feature, but I feel > like I should pipe up here and mention that it breaks some applications - for > example, you can't really install World of Warcraft on a case-insensitive > filesystem. Not the filesystem's fault really, but it is a good argument for > why users shouldn't choose it. It's true that there is a bit of risk (and breaking WoW would be a big one for aficionados). Over the past few years, I have run into a few traditional Mac apps that did break when installed in a case-sensitive HFS. In all but one case, the app developers were happy to have the bug report and fix the app. I thought I noticed that Apple was starting to ship new machines formatted as case-insensitive but I may be imagining that. OTOH, there have been Unixy packages that break on case-insensitive systems, also arguably a bug. -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
