On 20-8-2012 16:47, Jürgen Hestermann wrote: > > Am 2012-08-20 16:28, schrieb Mattias Gaertner: >> Apparently it is a bad idea to scan a root directory. See >> http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22630 > > Well, it is a bad idea to wildly scan directory branches "just in case" > at all. > That's fooling so many people and there is no good reason for doing so. > Only paths specified by the user (i.e. in config) should be searched. > This bug reports makes it totaly obvious. > Beeing too smart is never a good idea (for a program). > The only outcome of such things is that users don't understand what is > happening. > I would not want any program to heavily scan my disk(s) and pick up any > file that seems > to fit for whatever then doing things to (or with) it I cannot control > anymore.
Then it is perhaps time for you to put your money where your mouth is and submit a "proper" patch? I myself have been quite happy with the Delphi converter... and I would love to see it improved. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal