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

["Marcus Fritzsch" <fritschy googlemail com>]

Hi Mikkel,

On 8/2/07, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <mikkel kamstrup gmail com> wrote:
> 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?

The problem is my above refernced strange usage patterns. I am KDE
user and to look inside deskbar I started another session running
gnome. This session had no knowledge of the other tracker session, but
tracker would nonetheless know that an instance is running.

> 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.

Yep, I know of this.

> 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..?

Well, the bug is fixed. The reference was just so to mention that it
is a similar but rare problem. After all, I don't know much users
having two desktop session simultaneously open on one machine (as the
same user) ;).