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sup · 07-17-2022, 07:15 AM

Right now, in "Schedule news download" window, it says "For the scheduling to work you must leave calibre running".

1) This sentence is misplaced in the GUI - it should be above "Account (required)", as it has nothing to do with the credentials (which semantically should probably be in another tab).

2) Nonetheless, why is there this limitation at all? Would it not make sense upon startup to check if last download occured before the scheduled date and if yes, initiate the download? In that case, the sentences in question could be replaced by a checkbox with something like "Download last news upon startup if the schedule was missed" or something like that.

I know I an achieve this with anacron, but in the same way I*could achieve scheduling itself with cron. I*do not like to keep calibre nor my computers running at all times, so scheduling is quite unreliable for me right now. Technically it does not seem to be complicated, so what is the reason? Or is it something where patches would be accepted?

07-17-2022, 07:15 AM	#1
sup Zealot Posts: 103 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2012)	Why news-download scheduling requires calibre running non-stop? Right now, in "Schedule news download" window, it says "For the scheduling to work you must leave calibre running". 1) This sentence is misplaced in the GUI - it should be above "Account (required)", as it has nothing to do with the credentials (which semantically should probably be in another tab). 2) Nonetheless, why is there this limitation at all? Would it not make sense upon startup to check if last download occured before the scheduled date and if yes, initiate the download? In that case, the sentences in question could be replaced by a checkbox with something like "Download last news upon startup if the schedule was missed" or something like that. I know I an achieve this with anacron, but in the same way Icould achieve scheduling itself with cron. Ido not like to keep calibre nor my computers running at all times, so scheduling is quite unreliable for me right now. Technically it does not seem to be complicated, so what is the reason? Or is it something where patches would be accepted?