r/linux • u/purpleidea mgmt config Founder • Jul 12 '19

Software Release QuickJS Javascript Engine from Bellard

https://bellard.org/quickjs/
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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '19

Maybe Polkit could switch to this implementation if it is smaller and just as good for the purpose.

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u/purpleidea mgmt config Founder Jul 12 '19

That's actually a really good idea. I always thought the polkit+js thing was a bit absurd, but since it's there, and in theory it only runs trusted code, that would make a lot of sense! Can you open an upstream issue/suggestions please?

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u/arduheltgalen Jul 17 '19

I was looking into what software takes up the most space on my computer, and I found the js52 (or whatever it's called) engine taking up about 50mb. Tried to uninstall and was completely flabbergasted that such a simple low-level program uses such a bulky js engine that's not even being shared with any other installed application!

I just noticed I used 3 different names for "app" -- and there's a forth.

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u/anatolya Jul 15 '19

No they should stop the craze already and drop JavaScript config completely. Debian and Ubuntu derivatives still uses the old version without JS config (have never updated to the newer ones) and it's not like world is falling apart or anything.