Re: GSoC: Global File Transfer Queue

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hi Tad,

Op maandag 23-03-2009 om 14:59 uur [tijdzone -0700], schreef Tad Fisher:

> Basically, the plan is to develop a desktop-agnostic specification for
> the queuing of file transfers, much as Nautilus does now on its own.

Your idea is similar to the (unfortunately uncompleted) "Mathusalem"
long running task manager project in 2006. See
http://live.gnome.org/Mathusalem 

> and So the question is, is this a good fit for Gnome/FD.o, and would 
> this be an ideal project for a Gnome beginner to propose? In addition,
> does this project mesh well with the overall goals of the Gnome
> project?

I, for one, would welcome such an application. But one more thing:

> HTTP / FTP downloads (supplanting browser-specific download managers)

This is not as easy as it sounds, because you need a shared cookie store
between the browser and your code for cookie-authenticated downloads. As
I understand it, getting this working in libsoup is a challenge in
itself.

regards,

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Reinout van Schouwen