On 18.12.2012 23:50, Roger Leigh wrote: > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:29:20PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >> On 18.12.2012 22:41, Roger Leigh wrote: >>> reopen 635131 >>> thanks >> >> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 09:51:04PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: >>>> [ Michael Biebl ] >>>> * Use a separate tmpfs for /run/lock (size 5M) and /run/user (size >>>> 100M). >>>> Those directories are user-writable which could lead to DoS by >>>> filling up >>>> /run. Closes: #635131 >>> >>> While this change addresses point (1) in my original report, I do >>> not believe point (2) has been addressed at all, and I still >>> assert that (3) is correct for Debian. >> >> Imho there is nothing to address for 2/ and 3/, especially since it is >> unclear what the problems are you are talking about. >> >> It's simply how XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is specified and as Steve has already >> explained, using a directory in /tmp does not provide what is required >> for XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. > > Blindly adopting a "standard" just because upstream decreed things > should be so is not a good idea. Particularly when it has had only > a cursory amount of review, and has obvious limitations which we have > previously discussed on IRC with several others. By cursory, I mean > that it meets the /current/ needs of GNOME, but there are other non- > GNOME and non-desktop usecases which it does not satisfy, and I hate > to cripple the flexibility of the base operating system "simply > because" when we could do a much better job for little extra effort. >
In what way does this cripple the flexibility of the base system? This is a lot of hyperbole. No software is forced to use XDG_RUNTIME_DIR if it doesn't want to, i.e. it doesn't fit their needs. I no way is this somehow crippling other parts of the base system. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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