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

[Andrey Kozhevnikov]

creating cron rules can be more usable and easier

On 29.12.2013 14:20, AL13N wrote:
> 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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