Re: Proposed module: tracker

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote:
>   IMHO, an ideal indexing program would receive file add/modify/delete
> notifications and record these notifications in a work queue for later
> processing.  Then, when the user logs out or the screen is locked the
> indexer starts processing the notifications, until the moment a user
> logs in or screen is unlocked, at which time it stops.  That wouldn't
> disturb me so much.  We we have utmp records for login/logout, and D-BUS
> notifications for screen lock/unlock; this is doable, I'm sure.

yes we can do that - I also think if we make it as unobtrusive as 
possible (even if it slows the rate of indexing quite a bit) then it 
should be more acceptable.

we already have a --turbo command line option for doing indexing as fast 
as possible for those that want that so maybe the default mode can just 
spend more time sleeping and only intermittently index at a leisurely 
pace. This should make it more comfortable to work with especially if 
you have a noisy hard disk or noisy cpu fans.

anyway thanks for your thoughts...


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