deskutils/alexandria - why does it create a world readable and writable directory?

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src at yandex.ru>wrote:

> 22.06.2010 22:54, Torfinn Ingolfsen пишет:
>
>  On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen<tingox at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  Hei,
>>> I just found deskutils/alexandria (0.6.5_3) and installed it. A very nice
>>> program.
>>> I have just one question: why does it create a directory (~/.alexandria)
>>> with 777 permissions? Wouldn't it be more "correct" to use something like
>>> 740 or even 750?
>>> Note: all subdirectories of said directory have 755 permissions too.
>>>
>>>
>> In case nobody noticed, Alexandria 0.6.6 is ready now:
>> http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/news/2010-06-21--0.6.6-released.html
>>
>
> I just file the PR that updates it to 0.6.6:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=148168
>
> I just applied the patch and upgraded Alexandria to version 0.6.6. Now
other providers (like WorldCat) works too. Cool!
Thanks!
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen