user.get_permissions returns irrelevant permissions
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Description
get_permissions iterates over all existing permissions in plone. It may be an option to use "manage_getPermissionMapping()" from AccessControl to retrieve the permissions that are relevant for the given object.
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Research direction
Start at user.get_permissions and inspect how it currently iterates over permissions. Read AccessControl's manage_getPermissionMapping() for the given object and compare the returned set with the current results. Done means get_permissions returns only permissions relevant to that object.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- authorization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100