Re: [Tracker] PATCH: adding manpage metadata extraction

[Michael Frank <msfrank syntaxjockey com>]

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 15:09 -0700, Michael Frank wrote:
> hi all-
>
> I came up with this first pass at metadata-extraction for manpages.
> Currently it adds the following keys:
>
> Doc:Title - the manpage name, i.e. ls, cat
>
> Doc:Subject - based on the formal descriptions of each section from
the
> man(1) page, i.e. "Executable Programs", "Library Calls".  This part
> needs i18n love.
>
> Man:Section - this a custom key referring to the manpage section
number
> (1-9, plus wierd ones like 3ssl and 3pm).  Is it legal/kosher to add
my
> own key like that?
>
> Doc:Description - taken from the 'NAME' section of the manpage,
> specifically the text after the '-'.
>
> Running tracker-extract manually over various manpages seems to work.
> However, trackerd doesn't seem to be picking up the files.  Is there
> something i need to do in trackerd for it to index files of type
> text/troff?

Should i be creating a bugzilla bug and attaching the patch as an
enhancement or is it appropriate to send patches to the list?  I don't
mean to press, just curious since I'm new to the list and I haven't
received any feedback.

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