On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:01:34 +0000 Mike Sheldon <michael.shel...@canonical.com> wrote:
> 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 > Go down the ufw Route and just call it uncomplicated download manager then it isn't restricted to Ubuntu as a distro or a desktop variant -- You Make It, I'll Break It! I Love My Job :) http://www.canonical.com http://www.ubuntu.com
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