[scribus] collecting for output

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Þann þri 10.des 2013 13:44, skrifaði Gregory Pittman:
> On 12/10/2013 06:21 AM, Craig Bradney wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 10 Dec 2013, at 12:10, JLuc <jluc at no-log.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Le 10/12/2013 11:18, Craig Bradney a écrit :
>>>> I agree that Scribus should maintain ownership settings on files
>>>> however the idea that it should change permissions on files based on the parent directory permissions is false.
>>>> There's no standard saying that a directory's settings must determine the file settings at all, anywhere on any OS .
>>>
>>> Whether it is a standard or not, it's a bad thing to restrict the permission to the user only.
>>
>> No, it's called security and this is most important of all.
>>>
>>> The user ou creates the output is not the creator of the images
>>> or of the fonts or of color profiles,
>>> Why should the collected_for_output items have different rights
>>> than the original ones,
>>> and differents rights than the "collect-for-output" created SLA itself ?
>>
>>
>> Well exactly! Have the files set correctly originally, then Scribus should not be changing them.
>>>
>>> Whatever the uncommon reason for this - if there is one -,
>>> it is much more important to allow cooperative work,
>>> and to allow to share documents amongst the group.
>>>
>>
>> Again, security control should be the highest concern. If there's a change of permissions by Scribus then we need to fix that but it should not be opening up security permissions, the folders and files should be correct already.
>>
>
> I'm not sure if I understand everything in this lengthy thread, but one
> thing that doesn't  make sense from an operational point of view is to
> be repeatedly rewriting image files. These should be static files that
> don't need to be rewritten each time you save a work in progress.
>
> Perhaps just updating the SLA file is all that needs to be done with
> most edits.
>
> Greg
>

I'd think that most/many users would expect such permissions 
to be set on OS-level, not via each application. If I save 
the outuput to a shared folder I expect the resulting files 
to be shared, and if I save output to a private folder, 
well, it should be private.

Regards,
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