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Re: The problem with "no background processing for apps"

 

On 02/10/15 09:18, Thomas Voß wrote:
> Now that would be somewhat alien. Developers aiming at mobile
> platforms are already used to structure their
> applications differently, precisely for integrating with execution
> infrastructure and services offered by the respective
> platforms. I don't think Ubuntu is (or even should be) different here.

I think there are three big use cases that need to be considered here:

/1/ "simple" phone apps that fit well with the current lifecycle.

/2/ general purpose programs that we hackers want to run on the phone.

/3/ "harder" phone apps that need some background processing that may or
may not be currently available.

My specific interest in the Ubuntu phone is for /2/. It sounds like the
plan is the controlled adding of services to support /3/ and that is
good as far as it goes. But I'm not sure that path ever leads to support
for what I want to do (e.g. if I start compiling code and switch to an
editor, browser or email I don't want to have the compile suspended).

Don't lose sight of the unique selling point that the phone can be a
general purpose computer.

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