changing the memory settings semi-dynamically vs GateKeeper and signing

[Hendrik Schreiber]

On Feb 20, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Mike Swingler wrote:

> On Feb 20, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Hendrik Schreiber wrote:

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>> I filed a corresponding bug - http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7146890
>> 
>> What do you guys think? I'm no expert in this in using codesign. Are my assumptions correct?
>> And is this something that could/should be built into the launcher? And if so, how?
>> 
>> Thinking about this, I kind of like the idea of being able to control an app on a per user level. Much like through .rc files.
> 
> This could also be done elegantly by having the JavaAppLauncher use the NSDefaults API so the values can be changed using a simple "defaults write" at the command line, and possibly, using a modification of the Java preferences API itself (which is backed by CFPreferences).

I like especially the latter idea, as it would provide a simple way to manipulate the parameters programmatically *and* allows the parameters to be stored in user space.

-hendrik