Re: [LAD] NSM - handling large files

On 03/29/2012 10:45 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:23:30PM +0100, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>
>> otoh. now in particular, those GUI (file menu) restrictions that NSM is
>> posing on applications is something i won't comply to any time soon, not
>> even later. so sorry. it's way too restrictive to me and my own
>> belongings. from what i read, applications must then be modified to run
>> in either of two or more awful different session modes eg. managed and
>> non-managed? for x-sake, as if we hadn't enough of that already... i am
>> so sorry again, but such a design won't fly much above the grass in my
>> lawn... it gives me the shivers o,O
>
> You can't expect *any* session management system to work in
> a reliable way without those rules. That's simple, basic, and
> fairly easy to grok logic. The consequences of an app ignoring
> this could be far more damaging than those of a user willingly
> and knowingly keeping some data 'external'. And they will hit
> the average user who doesn't even think about doing such things
> and who expects his SM to just work.
>
> Taking these rules into account is no big deal anyway. At least
> not if your app has a clean control structure.
>
> Again, the fact that the designer(s) of NSM have clearly stated
> these rules is a sign that he/she/they know what is involved, and
> has/have the courage to say this instead of going 'the easy way'.
>

well, you're probably right. i'm sure you are :)

only so like that he rules are telling me that i must code my
application to run in at least two different modes: one (NSM-)managed
and the other non-managed--often the original intended one

which one will it be? i ask: when will the user gets to run the
application in which mode? or is that telling us that all applications
should then be started under a "totalitarian" ruler as in NSM
auspices?... oops. just i read the interesting part cf.
http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/#n:1.1.1.7. Add Client, and yeah, really
scary now... f7u12!

i may say now that people will be always welcome to patch (my) software,
anytime ;)

cheers

-- 
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
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