Re: New module proposal: tracker

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 18:05 +0100, Martyn Russell wrote:
> On 18/08/09 17:48, Dan Winship wrote:
> > On 08/18/2009 12:32 PM, Martyn Russell wrote:
> >> The only reason you're suggesting tracker-store shouldn't be called
> >> "tracker" is due to the social stigma associated with what Tracker is,
> >> i.e. all about the file system.
> >
> > The stigma associated with Tracker is because historically the tracker
> > hackers have been unable to describe what the non-filesystem-indexing
> > part of Tracker does without either (a) sounding like a dead German
> > philosopher,
> 
> Well, I am English ;) so no chance of that.
> 
> > or (b) claiming it solves all possible problems involving
> > "data".
> 
> I don't think I have heard any Tracker developers state it solves all 
> problems involving data. Who, when, where was this?

Paraboles.

I have no idea what a semantic search is, or what an ontology is
supposed to be either.

If the tracker-store (which seems to be what's being proposed) is great
for storing web browser history, and making it available, why not start
there?

Having the tracker-store in GNOME just for the sake of having it there
(or hoping that developers will start using it because it's blessed) is
the wrong way around. Write patches for apps to use it, otherwise it's
as good as dead-weight.

Cheers