ubuntu-download-manager makes sense as a name to me, especially as it's one of the APIs in the Ubuntu SDK.
On Wed, 2017-01-18 at 12:34 -0200, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote: > > The real issue with download-manager is that it's too general. We all > have several download managers in our systems, so this gives no hint > of what it's really talking about. > > We can call it ubuntu-download-manager if that's how the software was > named. Note that part of the rationale of having unity8-contacts and > unity8-calendar named like that was that these interfaces are likely > to change in meaningful and incompatible ways in the near future. If > the download manager is going to be bundled with unity8, it may be > wise to do the same. We can always introduce a more general interface > later.. not so nice to get out of a general interface that doesn't > work. > > > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Mike Sheldon <michael.sheldon@canon > ical.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Currently the interface for UDM (Ubuntu Download Manager) has been > > named unity8-download-manager. It's my understanding that whilst we > > might initially be bundling UDM within the unity8 snap to make the > > first stages of development easier (e.g. so it can talk directly to > > unity8's transfer indicator), the long term plan would be for it to > > be > > available separately. > > > > Having UDM permanently tied to unity8 would seem to add a strong > > disincentive for app developers to make use of it at all, as their > > apps > > would then no-longer be portable across different desktop > > environments. > > > > As such, I'm wondering if the naming of this interface is perhaps > > misleading? > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > -- > > Snapcraft mailing list > > Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman > > /listinfo/snapcraft > > > > > -- > > gustavo @ http://niemeyer.net > -- > Snapcraft mailing list > Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l > istinfo/snapcraft -- Snapcraft mailing list Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft
