Re: [Help-smalltalk] [PATCH]Remove security framework

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 13/01/2013 08:56, Holger Hans Peter Freyther ha scritto:
>> > 
>> > Here is a patch that removes the security framework from the vm side
>> > and the smalltalk side. It needs a review before applying.
> What are the arguments to remove this code from the kernel/ and from
> the vm/? Is the code in the vm hard to maintain? is the framework broken?
> or is the policy framework just outdated?

The main problem is that it was never used in practice.  There never
were any attempts to actually add permission checks to the kernel.

Paolo