Re: [Tracker] Tracker 0.5.0

[Jon Phillips <jon rejon org>]

On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 18:24 +0100, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> I'm pleased to announce a new stable release of Tracker (version 0.5.0) 
> - the all-in-one indexer, search tool and metadata database.
>
> Tarball :
> http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/tracker-0.5.0.tar.gz
>
> Debs (ubuntu edgy) :
> http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/tracker_0.5.0_i386.deb
> http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/libtrackerclient0_0.5.0_i386.deb
> http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/libtrackerclient0-dev_0.5.0_i386.deb
> http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/tracker-utils_0.5.0_i386.deb
>
> Nautilus - tracker integration for Edgy :
> http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/nautilus_2.16.1-0ubuntu3tracker1_i386.deb

Congratulations!!! Is this in gentoo and/or is there an overlay for
Gentoo yet! This is fantastic news everyone!

Jon

> New Features :
>
> * Completely new backend that has been moved from Mysql to the nimble 
> Sqlite database and QDBM inverted word index.
>
> * New tracker-search-tool GUI which allows you to search for your files 
> in a google like fashion with results depicted with google style search 
> snippets. Obligatory screenshot - 
> http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/tracker-search-tool.png

Whoa pretty! I can't wait to use it all the time! Keep it up!

> * Revamped Rdf Query engine
>
> * New lighter design with big dependencies like libextractor having been 
> dropped in favour of lighter and optional metadata extractors
>
> * includes new extractors that can use totem or mplayer
>
> * New options to tune tracker for your system. We now have a 
> --enable-low-memory setting for use with computers with less RAM and a 
> --turbo mode for those  who want indexing to take place as fast as possible
>
> * New snowball stemmers have been integrated into Tracker to provide 
> some of the highest quality open source stemming around
>
> * New language specific stopword lists to prevent indexng of common 
> words (which are of little value)
>
> * Can optionally make use of Pango word breaking for full 
> internationalisation support
>
>
> What is it?
>
> Tracker is a personal search tool and storage system that allows you to
> search and enhance your personal data with the minimum of fuss.
>
> It allows you to find the proverbial needle in your computer's haystack
> as well as providing a one stop solution to the organisation, storage
> and categorisation of your data.
>
> What does it do?
>
> Tracker trawls through your data and organises it so that it can be
> retrieved extremely quickly later on via simple searches.
>
> This organisation puts your data into categories so that application
> like photo managers and music players can instantly find relevant
> content automatically
>
> Tracker enables you to tag your data with keywords which can be used to
> find related information or to group and categorise your data further
>
> Tracker lets you extend your data with additional metadata
-- 
Jon Phillips

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