Re: [Tracker] ANNOUNCE: tracker 0.7.28 released

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On 29/03/10 12:58, Ivan Frade wrote:
> Hi all,

Hi,

> Currently the relation extractor <-> mime type is hardcoded _inside_ the
> extractor module code. It could be very convenient to have it in an
> external file (one per extractor, one for all extractors... not sure
> which one is the best option).
>
> An example of why is it a problem right now: our gstreamer extractor
> works fine for "application/ogg" files, but it won't process them
> because the mimetype is not included in the code. If somebody wants to
> add that mimetype they are forced to a) recompile b) copy/paste a new
> extractor modifying the mimetype.

This is a good point. I would love to do two things here:

1. Have the precedence order for extractors (done in tracker-extract.c) 
perhaps in the config? (to allow some extractors to override others)

2. Some solution for dynamic mime-type configuration per extractor as 
Ivan says.

> Please take this into consideration before the 0.8 release.

We should try to get this in if we can. I can see this as a potential 
problem otherwise. I know that with 0.6 this area is a mess and we 
really can do more here before the release I think.

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Regards,
Martyn