Re: [Tracker] [PATCH] fixing a _bad_ bug in tracker-handler.py

["Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" <mikkel kamstrup gmail com>]

2007/8/2, Marcus Fritzsch <fritschy googlemail com>:

Hey there...

There was a pretty bad bug in tracker-handler.py which only pops up if
one has so strange usage patterns as I do ;). A related problem was
reported[1].

If traker is running in a different session tracker-handler.py will be
happy with its requirements but will actually fail to connect to
tracker. The problem is solved by adding one more check to the
requirements.

The downside of this is, that tracker will be started, even if the
tracker-handler will not be used.

Cheers, Marcus

[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403752

PS: I am looking for 'how' to put apps into the handler, but haven't
found it yet.

Where can I review this fix?

I am very skeptic about the idea that trackerd will be started even if the handler is deactivated. It will be almost impossible for users to tracker down why Tracker always starts up during the session initialization.

Cheers,
Mikkel


PS: I wrote the current code to check the availability of tracker, and I think that it should fix the bug you refer to - I might be mistaken though, I received only little feedback from testers (positive though). I think your issue is another bug..?