On 2011-05-05 23:42, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > I've often wondered if it would be possible to safely remove the write > permissions from the "src" directory and everything below it, so files > can't be accidentally changed. > > I believe that would reduce the chances of the "src" being corrupted. Just wondering, is this an actual problem? Does *accidental* corruption of src/ happen sufficiently often that we need to do something about this?
I can imagine something going wrong when src/ is updated to a new upstream version, but permissions are not going to help that situation. At that point, src/ is writable. Jeroen. -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
