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

[Jonatan Pålsson <jonatan palsson pelagicore com>]

Hi!

On 9 August 2013 16:32, Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com> wrote:
> 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 idea here is the same as with the previous patch. Ideally I would
like all configuration to be placed in dconf. I'm looking forward to
be convinced in using environment variables instead ;)

> > 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 :)
The reason for modifying the ontologies path is basically that I have
different sets of ontologies (the original Tracker ones, and a more
light-weight set of ontologies). I would like a non-root user to be
able to modify her ontologies, and configure Tracker to use these.


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Jonatan Pålsson

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