[darcs-users] darcs and non-ASCII characters

[Juliusz Chroboczek]

> I would say that on Mac OS X (and Linux and pretty much any modern
> system with loadable file system drivers) the set of allowable
> filenames is nondeterministic.  I think that's the relevant
> consideration for Darcs design.

(s/nondeterministic/system-dependent/)

Yes, we have a problem.  David has suggested a satisfactory and easy
to implement solution: continue considering filenames as byte
sequences, but allow a user-selectable mapping between the local
filename charset and the byte sequences stored in the repository.

Once again, it's an excellent idea, especially if somebody volunteers
to implement it.

                                        Juliusz