> On Sep 30, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Sierk Bornemann <sie...@gmx.de> wrote: > >> 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):
Given the nature of the other items on that list (no startup volumes, no Time Machine, no FileVault), it would be highly imprudent to assume that case-sensitivity-by-default is anything other than a corner that was cut to get the Developer Preview out the door. vq _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
