[Tracker] tracker-preferences and config file behavior in 0.12.x

[Ken Schmedding <schmedk gmail com>]

Greetings,

I have been testing 0.12.x and I admit I am confused about preference selection in Tracker.
My testing reveal the following behavior.

1.  tracker-miner-fs.cfg is no longer created  in $home/.config/tracker although some documentation says it will be.

2.  If I copy my tracker-miner-fs.cfg in and restart tracker the directories I specified will be indexed.  tracker-miner-fs.cfg is then deleted by tracker.  However when I restart tracker, the default configuration is back.  It appears my tracker-miner-fs.cfg is a single use configuration and gets deleted.

3.  If I change directory to index in tracker-preferences and restart tracker my directory is indexed.  However I cannot find where this configuration is stored.  It apparently is not anywhere under $home or /usr/local.  

4.  tracker-control -c which is advertised as removing config files appears to have no effect.  The configuration in tracker-preferences is not reset to default.

I use tracker via external control from a Python program.  This all worked quite nicely in the past but there appears to be no way I can control tracker configuration now except via the tracker-preferences GUI.  It also appears to me that tracker is migrating from .cfg files to GSettings but it seems only half implemented.  Anyone have any information on these observations?

Thanks,
Ken Schmedding