While it it ideal to restrict filesystem permission, we've faced several issues due to this:
Created desktop entries disappear after reboot/upgrade
The path displayed in the entry is weird (/run/user/1000/...)
I thought making Pin It! copy the executable and icon files to ~/.local/share/applications where the desktop file is saved, because it would keep the filesystem permission as small as possible. However, it would need more considerations like the case when the size of the executable or icon file is huge (maybe we need some kind of the progress dialog...)
Considering these side effects, I think regaining access to HOME is simpler and better decision here.
seathasky
commented
9 months ago
Fixes #113 Fixes #64 Fixes #61
While it it ideal to restrict filesystem permission, we've faced several issues due to this:
I thought making Pin It! copy the executable and icon files to ~/.local/share/applications where the desktop file is saved, because it would keep the filesystem permission as small as possible. However, it would need more considerations like the case when the size of the executable or icon file is huge (maybe we need some kind of the progress dialog...)
Considering these side effects, I think regaining access to HOME is simpler and better decision here.