Re: [Tracker] [PATCH] Exclude directories from being indexed

["Marcus Fritzsch" <fritschy googlemail com>]

Hi,

On 7/29/06, Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk> wrote:
[...]
> Thanks but unfortunately we dont want to watch directories that we dont
> index (unless explicitly told otherwise).
>
> In fact we dont index stuff that isn't watched either (unless its
> explicitly called through the Dbus API)
>
> Thats why we have the NoWatchDirectories setting which does the same job
> effectively
>
> I believe Samuel did a patch (1) to make this operational. I have not
> applied to cvs yet as I still need to think about the future case when
> an app asks tracker to explicitly watch a folder as Samuels patch would
> block this.
>
> However I am planning to add Samuels patch anyhow (as well as a few
> others) today and worry about changing it later when we expose Watches
> in tracker's Dbus api in a later version.

So Samuel's patch fixes NoWatchDirectories to not being indexed?
Currently they are quite happy indexed, so I ended up with this patch
;)


OK than, happy patching, Marcus