[SailfishDevel] Daemons in app store. And/or other ways of getting activated on event/schedule

[AL13N]

IMHO, we should contribute such stuff to mer/nemo (possibly using dbus)
and make an app for it here.

daemons as apps seems ludicrous to me...

> Hi All
>
> If I read Harbour FAQ correctly, you are not allowed to install daemons
> (as
> you are not allowed to write to /etc/init.d). Okay, hacks are probably
> possible (app could try modifying /etc/init.d at runtime), but I guess
> putting daemons under strict control is Jolla's intention.
>
> What would then be a way to run an app periodically or on some events?
> For example I am thinking about changing ambience on schedule or on every
> device unlock. An offline together.jolla.com client could like to
> synchronize posts in background.
>
> What would be the sailfish way to do it?
> - Harmattan-like hooking to alarm clock scheduler?
> - iOS-like wake up on server notification?
> - BlackBerry10-like registering to specific events via specific API?
> - Linux-like permission to install daemons?
> - Harmattan/iOS-like wake up of all network needing apps simultaneously
> once in a while?
> - Something completely different?
>
> Best regards,
> Artem.
>
> --
> Artem Marchenko
> http://agilesoftwaredevelopment.com
> http://twitter.com/AgileArtem
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