[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 156651] [GTK] Expose AllowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs preference now that calling localStorage.getItem() results in SecurityError: DOM Exception 18

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156651

--- Comment #31 from Dustin Falgout <dustin at falgout.us> ---
(In reply to comment #30)
> (In reply to comment #28)
> > (In reply to comment #26) 
> > > 1.- Patch WebKit in 2.12 branch only to allow access to local storage from
> > > file URLs when AllowFileAccessFromFileURLS is set.
> > 
> > No please, let's not change the semantics of this setting just for a stable
> > branch.
> 
> It's not actually changing the semantics, it's just assuming that if you
> enabled that setting is because your app is serving file URIs and you also
> want to allow access to the local storage, for backwards compatibility only.

For what its worth, this sounds reasonable to me.

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