Yeah, we'll want to update docs once things are landed (Currently doing the revert/revertrevert/revertrevertrevert shuffle on b2g-i due to some very weird issues). The new event will definitely need documentation too. Should I file a bug on this?
----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. Ryan Stinnett" <[email protected]> > To: "Kyle Machulis" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Mozilla" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:28:40 AM > Subject: Re: [b2g] Settings API OOP and Privileged App Permissions Landing > > This is great to hear! > > Do we need to let the MDN docs team / someone else know to update docs > about this for app developers, so they can learn about this new > ability? This seems like something that quite a few developers might > be interested in. > > - Ryan > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Kyle Machulis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Assuming https://tbpl.mozilla.org/?tree=B2g-Inbound&rev=59eb7edaa6ed > > doesn't catch fire, we'll be landing bug 846200, bug 900551, and bug > > 1015518 into nightly today or tomorrow. These encompass the ability to > > access the settings API from privileged apps. > > > > Of course, we don't want privileged apps hitting ALL settings, so we're > > also introducing the ability to have per-settings permissions. For > > instance, once these bugs land, there will be a new > > settings:wallpaper.image permission that will allow privileged apps to > > read and/or write just the wallpaper setting. We'll be expanding the > > settings that are exposed as needed. > > > > The settings API will remain mostly the same, outside of the addition of a > > "MozSettingsTransactionEvent" that will now be fired at the end of lock > > lifetime, to notify the lock creator that all queries on the lock either > > succeeded or failed. > > > > Please file bugs and assign to me if you see any issues with settings. > > > > Thanks! > > Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-b2g mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
