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[Christian Dywan <christian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 31.07.2013 11:41, schrieb Roberto Alsina:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Colin Watson <cjwatson@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:cjwatson@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 08:02:35AM +0100, Roberto Alsina wrote:
>     > 1a) Would it kill it even if it had focus and was running?
>
>     click doesn't do anything with running apps, and I'm inclined to say
>     that it shouldn't because it shouldn't have to know about this kind of
>     environment-specific detail; this should be the job of a hook of some
>     kind if it's needed.
>
>
>
>
>     > 3) Is the old version available to be started while the new one
>     is being
>     > installed?
>
>     Yes; the symlinks aren't re-pointed until the end.
>
>     > 4) If the old version is not killed and the new one is started,
>     would we
>     > end up with two instances of the same app on different versions,
>     which is
>     > not good?
>
>     I expect this should be fixed; it just isn't the job of click itself.
>     It seems appropriate for a user-level hook to sort this out.
>
>
> Anyone knows who's the right person to handle this? Ted?

While I have no part in the code, I just have to mention:
Android kills updated apps while you are using them and literally pulls
the carpet under your feet while you're walking on it. It is *insane*
because it will abort your movie and it will stop your web browsing or
whatever you happen to be doing then.
Never kill an app while I have it in focus and under active use.

ciao,
    Christian