Christopher Roy Bratusek <[email protected]> writes: > Perhaps we should get completely rid of goal and make themes normal > scripts?
I've also been wondering about this. On one side: themes are likely to be used by a lot more people, including people who don't know lisp at all and aren't necessarily even going to notice if something strange happens. And there are a *lot* more themes available than scripts, so it may be more likely that a nasty theme would go undiscovered. Besides, the real reason scripts aren't gaoled is because it would be totally impractical; since themes *can* be gaoled (or jailed, if you're used to the American spelling), why not? On the other side: gaol makes the sawfish code more complicated and has (at best) no impact in terms of use. It's not as if sawfish users are a large enough demographic to attract black-hat attention. Is someone really likely to try to use a trojan-theme to take over someone's desktop? Are there other issues? -- Jeremy Hankins <[email protected]>
