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
