Re: Proposed module: tracker

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Adam Schreiber wrote:
> On 1/12/07, Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro <gjc inescporto pt> wrote:
> >   Basically point 2 is a killer.  No one is going to want to run this
> > except in servers.  Keeping the CPU busy almost 100% of the time is not
> > nice: consumes more power, gets my computer fan running faster and more
> > loudly.. I can't even begin to imagine what a nightmare it will be for
> > laptop users..
>
> Is it possible for tracker to use the gnome-power-manager api so that
> the indexer will only run at all or at full speed when AC power is
> available?  There could be some kind of throttled mode or only process
> file change notifications while running on battery power.

thanks thats a good idea (I assume I can use dbus to get the info so 
dont have to depend on any gnome stuff)

please consider adding enhancement requests to:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=tracker

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