[sugar] Sharing data between activities.

[Carlos Neves]

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 <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu> | 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 :( .

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Carlos Neves
cn at sueste.net