[Sugar-devel] safer customization key (was Re: will the one true browse please stand up?)

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 20:23, Daniel Drake<dsd at laptop.org> wrote:
> 2009/7/31 Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin at pobox.com>:
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:52:06PM +0545, Daniel Drake wrote:
>>> 2009/7/31 Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin at pobox.com>:
>>> > That was not my experience. Where does the customization key code live
>>> > in GIT?
>>>
>>> Here:
>>> http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/mstone/irfs-udebs/tree/src-olpc/init?h=unpack-bundles
>>
>> Well, I'd feel a lot better if prior to the unzip you added something
>> like:
>>
>>  if ext == '.xo':
>>    dest_dir = re.sub(r'\-\d+\.xo$', '', f) + '.activity'
>>    shutil.rmtree(join(tgt['.xo'], dest_dir))
>>
>> I know this does not work as written because the filename can (and often
>> does) mismatch unzip's idea of the directory name. Any idea how to get
>> directory prefix from the zip?
>
> The customization key has always been sweet and simple like this; I
> don't suggest changing it as some deployments rely on this.
> Documenting the limitations would be sensible, though. In my opinion
> the real solution is moving away from .xo which has outgrown its
> original design...

What do you propose doing?

Thanks,

Tomeu

> Daniel
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