Ivan Krstić wrote: > On Aug 23, 2007, at 10:57 PM, Carlos Neves wrote: > >> Wait, does this mean I can't load an object from the datastore >> programaticaly ? > > Yes. > >> There goes the neighborhood! So all my assumptions on using the >> datastore to retrieve stuff based on tags is simply flawed? Why was >> this decision made? > > The rationale is here: > <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Bitfrost#P_DOCUMENT:_file_store_service> > > The datastore might grow methods for dealing with resource files in > the future, but I don't foresee it doing so in a cross-application way > until a proper security-conscious design can be put forward. I've > thought about this problem quite a bit and don't yet have a clear idea > of how it would work. Don't expect it for FRS. > > -- > Ivan Krstić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://radian.org
Ok, thanks for the pointer. I will just have to let the dust settle before any decision is actually made... I don't really see how to work the current implementation around the security constraints described. It seems a bit too much, but I'm seeing this from the casual developer seat, not that security conscious, I have to confess. But I must say I'll push as hard as I can to allow for what I'm currently doing, as it seems like a fair request, which appears not to fit the paranoid mode always needed when implementing serious security. But I insist, there has to be a solution that works both ways, we may just have to let things evolve from ideas into usable frameworks to address each shortcoming in turn. I am not knowledgeable of the bitfrost implications at all, so I can't propose solutions at this point, only ask questions :( . --- Carlos Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
