Re: [Tracker] Roadmap to 0.7

[Philip Van Hoof <spam pvanhoof be>]

On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 08:23 -0400, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 13:46 +0200, Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 07:11 -0400, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to eliminate the Zeitgeist daemon as what they want to do
> > > is most inefficient - get relevant data from tracker to a python
> > > middleware process and forward it on to clients. IOW their daemon acts
> > > like a wrapper around tracker and is therefore redundant not to mention
> > > bad design!!! They should use a c lib if they want to wrap tracker not a
> > > python daemon!
> >
> > Jamie,
> >
> > I don't want to lecture you, but if you want us to continue cooperating
> > with projects like Zeitgeist the way we have been doing for the last few
> > weeks, then please don't use terms like eliminate, inefficient and bad
> > design. It's not helping.

> My concern is that it will make tracker look slower if there is
> unnecesary redirection. We should take steps to explain that it makes
> more sense to use tracker directy in cases were raw data from tracker is
> being sent to and from gnome apps - thats all I meant

Okay that's fine, and thanks for sharing with us.

I'm sure that if there are performance issues with Zeitgeist that the
Zeitgeist team will eventually optimize them out.

For example, indeed, by reimplementing them in a more performing
programming language, or maybe even by implementing them as miner
plugins, SPARQL functions or code running in Tracker's processes.

I don't believe that Zeitgeist performing badly will affect Tracker's
reputation.

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