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[Ted Gould <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There is really no reason in this case, this is clearly a case of
getting the cloud service to send push notifications. And for OwnCloud
that could be as simple as a plugin for OwnCloud. Here's a diagram on
how it should work:

http://www.slideshare.net/tedgould/ubuntu-application-lifecycle-51978547/27

Ted

On Sat, 2015-10-03 at 15:54 +0200, Sturm Flut wrote:

> Good afternoon,
> 
> it might be helpful to file a general "Support for cloud synchronisation
> in the background" bug against
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-application-lifecycle for this. If other
> platforms can do it, we should too.
> 
> cheers,
> Simon
> 
> 
> On 08/18/2015 05:57 AM, Nathan Haines wrote:
> > On 08/17/2015 08:42 PM, Thomas A. Moulton wrote:
> >> ok so I am mixing threads...
> >>
> >> Will apps be able to continue running in background or at least be able
> >> to keep a socket open when not active?
> > 
> > On anything other than a phone, yes.
> > 
> > On a phone, no.  Unless you change the setting manually because you hate
> > battery life.  Then yes, and you've always been able to do that.
> > 
> > But no one's going to spend time optimizing applications on the
> > phone--if you break a fundamental design feature on your phone, you'll
> > have to live with the consequences.  Your mileage may vary, but if you
> > keep unused apps closed you might be fine.  (The default intended
> > experience is that you never, ever have to worry about whether apps are
> > running.)
> > 
> 
>

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