Reduce String/ByteString/PosixString variants
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We currently have three variants of many modules. I think we should reduce these.
My idea is:
1. String is questionable overall, maybe drop it completely in unix-3.x.x.x
2. merge ByteString and PosixString... use PosixString for filepaths and short data (e.g. `GroupEntry`/`UserEntry` maybe) and use ByteString for file contents, lazy IO and other things where we don't know anything about size limits. RawFilePath should be dropped... it's not right.
So, ideally... there would be only one API. String will probably have to live much longer, but it could be debated to move it to a compat package some time in the future.
@hs-viktor @Bodigrim
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