Gaol/Jail (was Re: set-tab-adjustments)
- From: Jeremy Hankins <nowan nowan org>
- To: sawfish-list gnome org
- Subject: Gaol/Jail (was Re: set-tab-adjustments)
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:42:20 -0500
Christopher Roy Bratusek <zanghar freenet de> writes:
> Perhaps we should get completely rid of goal and make themes normal
> scripts?
I've also been wondering about this.
On one side: themes are likely to be used by a lot more people,
including people who don't know lisp at all and aren't necessarily even
going to notice if something strange happens. And there are a *lot*
more themes available than scripts, so it may be more likely that a
nasty theme would go undiscovered. Besides, the real reason scripts
aren't gaoled is because it would be totally impractical; since themes
*can* be gaoled (or jailed, if you're used to the American spelling),
why not?
On the other side: gaol makes the sawfish code more complicated and has
(at best) no impact in terms of use. It's not as if sawfish users are a
large enough demographic to attract black-hat attention. Is someone
really likely to try to use a trojan-theme to take over someone's
desktop?
Are there other issues?
--
Jeremy Hankins <nowan nowan org>
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