Re: [Tracker] PATCH: Allow specifying the ontology directory in DConf

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On 08/08/13 14:42, Jonatan Pålsson wrote:
> Hi list,

Hi,

> Currently it is possible to specify the directory holding the Tracker
> ontologies using a pre-processor flag. I would however like this to be
> more configurable (due to work with custom ontologies). The following
> patch allows users to configure the ontologies directory using a key
> in DConf. The new key is called ontologies-dir and is placed in
> org.freedesktop.Tracker.DB.

Can I ask what is wrong with using the TRACKER_DB_ONTOLOGIES_DIR 
environment variable?

> The patch is available here:
> https://github.com/Pelagicore/tracker-ivi/commit/70037b236124a2354a7928786a9047c29b67de79
>
> I don't believe the patch will apply cleanly without first applying
> https://github.com/Pelagicore/tracker-ivi/commit/213456024d686305d0f6a30b09fa81f04e601fdd
> (user data & cache in DConf) - but I can create a clean patch if this
> previous patch is not of interest.

Perhaps if you can explain why you need such radical changes to the 
locations outside of are standardised areas, that could help us 
understand the situation a little better :)

Thanks,

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Regards,
Martyn

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