> tim Rowledge
> 
> 
> On 24-05-2013, at 1:58 AM, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > So I have a pair of questions:
> > * how far have wiresong's FileSystem and Pharo's FileSystem diverged?
> > (And how do we bring the two back together again, if necessary?)
> > * How do we fix the problem?
> 
> 
> Without even knowing anything specifically  about FileSystem I would claim
a
> very high likelihood that it is better than the old code, because:- Colin
wrote at
> least a  good chunk of it it was written recently with experience of just
how
> awful FileDirectory et al have become over years of largely unprincipled
hacking
> 
> And thus I would strongly suggest it in with a chance of being an
improvement.
> My only caveat would be that I feel reasonably sure it was not written
with
> much of an eye to 'odd' filing systems like RISC OS and thus it may need a
bit
> more work to drag it away from the depressingly mono-cultural
ersatz-unix-style
> that seems to have pervaded the world. I wouldn't mind if were actually a
good
> style...

Also when / if the change is done I recommend that someone that goes through
the conversion on production code produce a conversion guide to help people
that need to update their systems.

Ron

> 
> tim
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processors if I
> am to do battle with  this code!"
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