Naming for the Ubuntu Download Manager interface

[Mike Sheldon]

ubuntu-download-manager makes sense as a name to me, especially as it's
one of the APIs in the Ubuntu SDK.

On Wed, 2017-01-18 at 12:34 -0200, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote:
> 
> The real issue with download-manager is that it's too general. We all
> have several download managers in our systems, so this gives no hint
> of what it's really talking about.
> 
> We can call it ubuntu-download-manager if that's how the software was
> named. Note that part of the rationale of having unity8-contacts and
> unity8-calendar named like that was that these interfaces are likely
> to change in meaningful and incompatible ways in the near future. If
> the download manager is going to be bundled with unity8, it may be
> wise to do the same. We can always introduce a more general interface
> later.. not so nice to get out of a general interface that doesn't
> work.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Mike Sheldon <michael.sheldon at canon
> ical.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> >  Currently the interface for UDM (Ubuntu Download Manager) has been
> > named unity8-download-manager. It's my understanding that whilst we
> > might initially be bundling UDM within the unity8 snap to make the
> > first stages of development easier (e.g. so it can talk directly to
> > unity8's transfer indicator), the long term plan would be for it to
> > be
> > available separately.
> > 
> >  Having UDM permanently tied to unity8 would seem to add a strong
> > disincentive for app developers to make use of it at all, as their
> > apps
> > would then no-longer be portable across different desktop
> > environments.
> > 
> >  As such, I'm wondering if the naming of this interface is perhaps
> > misleading?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >  Mike
> > 
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