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["Alejandro J. Cura" <alejandro.cura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mar 06, 2014, at 01:21 PM, Alejandro J. Cura wrote:
>
>> * and it needs to do *something* when a given download has finished (or
>> failed)
>
> With system-image-dbus, that *something* is "send a 'finished' signal" over
> D-Bus.  That works for s-i because it stays alive and can respond to that
> request completion signal.

So, while the updates are downloading, how is s-i kept alive if the
user switches to other apps? Is it somehow escaping the app lifecycle?

Also, is there a reason for that? For the scope there is no reason, so
I think it's better for it to die and free the ram.

cheers,
-- 
alecu