Even with Gary volunteering I don’t see a reason why beta3 would need to wait 
for that.

Ralph

> On Sep 10, 2024, at 8:08 AM, Piotr P. Karwasz <piotr.karw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Gary,
> 
> On Tue, 10 Sept 2024 at 14:40, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I can do the File to Path work if everyone is OK with the idea.
> 
> That would be fantastic. I already opened a related issue some time
> ago[1] and dropped some notes there.
> 
> Regarding the advantages of `Path` vs `File`, you probably know them by heart:
> 
> * `Path` has a consistent behavior. If something fails, it throws. No
> need to check the return value of a `File` method.
> * `Path` supports additional filesystems. I have successfully written
> tests that use JimFS instead of the default file system.
> * `Files.newOutputStream()` uses the same options on each platform, so
> no more locked files on Windows that can not be deleted.
> 
> Piotr
> 
> [1] https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/2117

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