[Kde-scm-interest] the permissions confusion

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 05:37:57PM -0500, Jeff Mitchell wrote:
> On 12/12/2009 3:04 PM, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > we have that problem only for acl-protected areas, which are a few.
> > i'm proposing a "soft acl" to be able to have more acls without
> > disturbing legitimate exceptional workflows too much.
> 
> Where is this needed?
> 
as i've already mentioned, i'd like to shield kdm somewhat from the
well-meaning, but usually ill-advised contributions, but i always found
a real acl a bit too harsh.
even nearer the core, i think the kate devs *might* want such a thing,
but i won't bet.
further out, i think some extragear projects might want it for the sake
of their autonomy.
anyway, we won't know until we present the idea to a wider audience.
which probably shouldn't happen anytime soon, as everyone who is willing
to do some actual work should be probably doing something else
currently.