Re: New module proposal: tracker

[Jamie McCracken <jamie mccrack googlemail com>]

On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 20:54 +0100, Sebastian Pölsterl wrote:
> Martyn Russell schrieb:
> > On 27/10/09 14:50, Sebastian Pölsterl wrote:
> >> Martyn Russell schrieb:
> >>> Carlos Garnacho and I did spend 2 or 3 days writing an application
> >>> similar to spotlight - although it is just a quick mock up to
> >>> demonstrate the speed and ability of Tracker and could do with some
> >>> more love. The blog/video about it is here:
> >>>
> >>> http://blogs.gnome.org/mr/2009/09/30/tracker-0-7-released/
> >>>
> >> Looks very much like Deskbar-Appplet in the very early days to me. You
> >> might just want to write a module for Deskbar.
> > 
> > We have code for Deskbar but it needs updating. Anyway, did I read 
> > something about the maintainer not sure if he is going to continue with 
> > the new GNOME shell project underway? Just speculation? Or random crap 
> > in my brain :)
> > 
> Well, the applet you developed won't work under gnome-shell, too. 
> Therefore, your solution isn't future-prove, either.
> 

Whatever shell is used in Gnome 3 will at some point likely provide an
out of process applet system (especially if enough people scream!)

jamie