Re: [Tracker] about Tracker Preferences

["Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <tshepang gmail com>]

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Ivan Frade <ivan frade nokia com> wrote:
> Hi Tshepang, all
>
> El jue, 22-05-2008 a las 12:21 +0200, ext Tshepang Lekhonkhobe escribió:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there any reason why TP is using its own config library instead of
> > src/libtracker-common/tracker-config.[ch] or does it just need some
> > work?
>
>  I think it is just a questions of put some work. Both tracker-config
> and tracker-configuration can write the tracker.cfg file!
>
>
>  At some point, we must put some order in the configuration options. We
> must choose what options are available, which ones requires to restart
> the daemon, and which ones can change in runtime.
>
>  My idea is that trackerd should load the options from the config file,
> and write the options when it finish (for example). In the middle, TP
> can read/write the values of the options using a DBus Interface. The
> daemon could also throw a signal saying "Some option have changed!" and
> TP can ask again the values of the options.

Good ideas...

>  Definetly, TP shouldn't read/write directly the cfg file.

...especially because their cfg files don't look the same, even down
to the names of the config options (EG EnableFastMerges vs.
FastMerges)!


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