[PATCH 1 of 8 RFC] vfs: replace invocation of file APIs of os module by ones via vfs

[Adrian Buehlmann]

On 2012-06-18 23:24, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-06-18 at 22:25 +0200, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:
>> On 2012-06-18 21:26, Matt Mackall wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 09:49 +0200, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:
>>>> On 2012-06-17 08:25, Matt Mackall wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 11:07 +0200, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:
>>>>>> Have you guys put some thought into how to deal with repo root paths
>>>>>> that contain "wide" characters already?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, and in fact I'd rather not think about that now. This topic is
>>>>> already muddy/complex enough, so I've tried to carve off a solvable
>>>>> piece to tackle.
>>>>
>>>> I think solving this one first might be better than ignoring it now and
>>>> having to deal with it later.
>>>>
>>>> If we ignore that now, we are chosing solutions based on that "ignoring".
>>>
>>> On the other hand, if people insist on expanding the problem scope to
>>> include all the related problems, the resulting problem will be too
>>> large to ever tackle.
>>>
>>> Which is why I've very explicitly tried to focus on the "checking in and
>>> out UTF-8 names" issue. It's functionally the most important Unicode
>>> issue BY FAR, we have a plan, and we can move forward.
>>>
>>
>> Ok. So let's see patches.
> 
> You realize you're replying to the first attempt at those patches,
> right?

Sure I do.

Let me phrase this more precisely: So let's see patches that follow
exactly Matt's plan, ignoring the issue I raised here (which apparently
I was not the only one who was unsure about in the first place, since
otherwise FUJIWARA Katsunori wouldn't have sent a first attempt that you
had to reject).