Re: [Tracker] Storing Metadata with files

[Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus rath org>]

Martyn Russell <martyn-bhGbAngMcJvQT0dZR+AlfA public gmane org> writes:
> > Ideally, tracker should e.g. detect if a file has just been renamed and
> > migrate the existing metadata.
>
> We have been discussing this during the code camp. We have a proposed
> solution in mind to fix this and will be looking at that in the coming
> weeks.
[...]
> At the moment yes. Also, there is some question as to how persistent
> the metadata (not added by Tracker but by 3rd parties) should be and
> how to manage out of date or no longer needed data.
>
> Presumably if the file is moved to another directory we see a MOVE
> event and we should deal with that correctly. If we see events for the
> file being deleted and added later to another directory (i.e. we have
> no relationship between the two) then we have to assume the file is
> deleted and in that case it invariably makes sense to remove all
> metadata related to that. Files are generally a different case to
> other resources.

It seems that the best course of action for me right now is to wait
until there's support for renaming files and at least a rough consensus
about the persistence 3rd party metadata, right?

Since all my concerns are centered about the persistance of my metadata,
any solution I come up with right now would probably be either in
conflict or obsoleted in the (near?) future...

Best,

   -Nikolaus

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