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[Jamie Strandboge <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/14/2013 10:21 AM, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> exactly. Some use-cases might not be covered by the background
>> services we will be offering, but we can collect actual requirements
>> over time and extend.
> 
> Also worth remembering given some of the comments: there's an actual
> Linux distribution running underneath, with well known conventions. If
> you're in a hurry and don't want to wait for the proper logic to be
> defined for the app-like model, roll your own upstart configuration,
> install your package, and be happy.
> 

Note, this is of course true and one of the joys of being based on Ubuntu and
this will work fine for personal applications, but apps being distributed via
click packages from the app store will not be able to ship their own upstart job.

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Jamie Strandboge                 http://www.ubuntu.com/

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