Re: Desktop background image extension?

[Stephane Delcroix <stephane delcroix org>]

Don't know the exact circumstances, but we're sure it happens ! We had
that locking issue in the past with beagle accessing the db
(read-mode)...

regards

s

On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 00:12 -0800, David Barrett wrote:
> Under what circumstances would the database be unavailable?  My 
> understanding is SQLite allows unlimited concurrent readers, though only 
> one writer.  Is there some other constraint, or am I misunderstanding 
> SQLite?
> 
> -david
> 
> Stephane Delcroix wrote:
> > Hey David,
> > 
> > Writing this as an extension will require a running f-spot instance. On
> > the other hand, accessing the db directly might fail if f-spot is
> > running...
> > The correct proper solution would be implementing this just like the
> > f-spot-screensaver is done (if there's a running f-sopt, contact it,
> > otherwise start one, do the stuffs, stop it).
> > I don't think it's worth the pain... so in your case, I'd cook a
> > perl/bash/ruby/python/you-name-it cron script with error handling for
> > busy/unavailable database.
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> > s
> > 
> > On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 23:33 -0800, David Barrett wrote:
> >> Hi, I'm making the switch from Mac to Ubuntu and one of the few features 
> >> I miss is the ability to automatically set my desktop background image 
> >> to a random picture from my iPhoto library.  Does something like this 
> >> already exist for F-Spot, or how would you recommend I go ahead and 
> >> build it?
> >>
> >> I see you use SQLite under the hood; would the easiest/recommended way 
> >> be to just create a Cron script that:
> >>
> >> 1) Opens that database
> >> 2) Picks a random "favorite" image
> >> 3) Updates the desktop background
> >> 4) Exits
> >>
> >> Or, is this something better done as an extension?
> >>
> >> Thanks for the great tool, and I'm curious how I can help!
> >>
> >> -david
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> > 
> > 
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