On 07/15/2010 12:37 AM, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
We are not having optional permissions any time soon.
Oh well, at least I know now what to tell those who keep nagging me
about it.
And no, these are not the same thing, permissions are about security and
the other tags are about compatibility.
Very true, my point was to make life easier on developers (like me) who
don't really want to create, release and maintain several variations of
an app, just because some users are somewhat more paranoid than others.
At a glance it doesn't seem like a huge effort at the system level
compared to what it gives to both developers and users, but perhaps I'm
wrong. I wouldn't mind contributing to it myself as long as I know it
will not be immediately refused. However, it does include changes to the
Market application, so I can't do that part.
And hey... "5 new stars in the last 24 hours..." You've been telling
people to star this bug because you associated it with a completely
different issue that already has a solution.
Well, I tried (possibly failed) to be very clear on how it was
different, but still addressing problems with permissions. I dare say
this is far from trivial and the various settings are not really
orthagonal (or even documented) which adds to the complexity.
Please note that I really love the platform as such, I'm just a tad
impatient for solving the problems I keep banging my head against. This
is where the ghost of "non-openness" starts to rattle some chains that
I'd rather prefer not to hear too much about.
I might be kind-of dumb to make engineering decisions based on stars. :}
I'd be the first to hand you the non-dumb badge around here for sure and
I certainly don't expect a few stars to make any significant difference.
It could very well be that it is just me caring too much about my users
(or about duplicating code), if no-one else thinks this is an issue. At
least now I can honestly say I've done all I can to make it "right"
according to my own beliefs.
After all, its not like I make any money on these apps, I'm just in it
for fun, and possibly some fame and glory if I'm lucky.
Best / Jonas
PS. Part of the "problem" I experience is related to the fact that as a
developer I have no way to get in touch with the (luckily few) people
who write their complaints as comments to my app on Market. I really DO
want to help them, but even if I release another app (with exactly what
they ask for) the original complaint is still stuck on the first app and
I can't even tell the user about the new adjusted app. Would you call
that frustrating?
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