Hi Subbu, On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 08:22:27PM +0530, K K Subbu wrote: > On Wednesday 12 April 2017 07:33 PM, Alistair Grant wrote: > >Hi Everyone, > > > >I've made a snap package for Pharo 6 which I think is far enough along > >for some wider testing. > > Just tried it now. worked like charm.
Thanks! > > --classic - Snap packages are normally sandboxed for security > > reasons. Since Pharo is a development environment > > in which we want to be able to run any executable, > > or load any library, it is installed with access to > > the entire system (as the running user). > Is this really necessary even if we want to work only within an image? No, I've used it successfully with strict confinement, however I think most developers will quickly become frustrated with the restrictions. If someone has a Pharo based application that they'd like to distribute, I think strict confinement is a much more likely to be a realistic option. Cheers, Alistair
