Re: Download manager
Am Mittwoch, den 29.05.2013, 15:18 +0200 schrieb Raphael Groner:
I would like to see a download
manager included in the live image, especially Xfce. There are several
dl managers available on the base of Gtk.
- gwget
** already packaged but upstream is dead(?), patches available
Where? What for?
Frankly speaking I am considering to orphan gwget. It's dead for years.
- flareGet
** not (yet) packaged in Fedora
** ships browser integration: firefox, chrome, chromium, opera etc.
** also available for win_ows (so people may feel at home :P )
** semi-commercial license model, may be difficult for Fedora
http://flareget.com/features
I cannot find the code anywhere. What license is it?
- MultiGet
** not (yet) packaged in Fedora
** also available for win_ows (so people may feel at home :P )
** multiple mirrors for one download possible
** wxWidgets for the GUI, so it means another unwanted dependency
** Does anyone know what concrete license it has? I can't find it.
http://multiget.sourceforge.net/
It's packaged but orphaned as it is dead upstream.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/multiget
- uGet
** already packaged and actively maintained
** similiar to gwget and multiget, but even more feature-rich
** optional support for Aria2, instead of direct curl usage
** browser integration could be easily done via incl. clipboard monitor
Looks nice IHMO it's too overblown for Xfce.
I would prefer uGet cause it seems to need the lowest effort to
integrate it to live image.
I would suggest steadyflow. It's lean slick interface fits Xfce better
I think. It's is a little bigger than uget (768k compared to 560k) but
this mainly due to the translations - and I consider proper localization
important.
However I am not sure if we need a download manager anyway. We already
ship a webbrowser with download manager. This should do for most
people, I don't want to duplicate functionality. For each task, we
should have one program in the default install.
Just my 2ยข.
Best regards,
Christoph