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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
On Jan 10, 2011, at 1:37 PM, ®©ukasz Langa wrote: 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, nad@acm.org