On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> But that's hardly a >> justification for wanting case sensitive file systems. > > OMG you're questioning one of the pilars of the *nix religion!! > > Watch out for the flood of responses telling you that is THE WAY IT > IS, and how things are supposed to work. ;) Whether yum and rpm should be case-sensitive and whether file systems should be case-sensitive are distinct questions. An ascii names-only file system could probably be case insensitive. As others have noted, non-English languages would present problems. For all I know, some English variants might also. As I see it, within the current system, a case-insensitive variant of rpm would: collect all the names from the various repositories. hash them in a case-insensitive manner hash user-provided names in the same manner perform case-insensitive and case sensitive compares Is that practical? -- Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half full. Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be." -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
