Re: [Tracker] Tracker 0.5.0

["Hezekiah M. Carty" <hcarty atmos umd edu>]

I see similar problems on Dapper using debs compiled from the source
package linked in the announcement email.  A search for pdf doesn't
return anything, nor do searches for directories which exist and should
be indexed.  I don't really see a pattern in which files/directories are
indexed and which are not though.

I don't seem to have the 6 character truncation issue - here is the log
entry for a search for cloudsat:

----
26 Oct 2006, 08:35:41:279 - searching for cloudsat with smin 0 and smax
9, offset 0 and limit 512
26 Oct 2006, 08:35:41:279 - search returned no results
----

Indexing has stopped, so I would think that it has completed.

I have a few directories named CloudSat in my home  directory, and many
PDF and plain text files which reference it.

Any suggestions on where to start looking?

Hez

On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 12:59 +0100, Mark Florian wrote:
> I'm running edgy and installed the debs you posted.
>
> After running trackerd and having it index my home directory, I ran a
> few test searches. The returned results seemed to suggest that only some
> files had been indexed. For instance, if I perform a search for pdf, I
> get only three results. A quick check with locate showed that I have 36
> pdf documents in my home directory.
>
> I checked ~/.Tracker/tracker.log, and I think I've found another
> problem, though perhaps it's related. I opened up tracker-search-tool
> and did a search for the word 'awesome'. The log showed this entry:
>
> [...]
> 26 Oct 2006, 12:53:48:441 - searching for awesom with smin 0 and smax 9,
> offset 0 and limit 10
> [...]
>
> Notice that the word has been truncated to a length of 6 characters. It
> seems that all (single-term) searches are truncated to 6 characters. If
> I add a term to the search, things seem fine:
>
> [...]
> 26 Oct 2006, 12:54:50:242 - Executing detailed search with params Files,
> totally awesome, 0, 10
> [...]
>
> I don't know what any of this means, but all I know is that the results
> being returned are not complete, in that it seems some files aren't
> being indexed.
>
> If you need more information, just say and I'll see what I can provide.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark Florian
>
> 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
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > * 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
>
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