Re: [Tracker] Tracker 0.17.6

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On 19/03/14 10:44, Debarshi Ray wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:56:59AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > 2014-03-18 18:58 GMT+01:00 Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>:
> > >    * tracker-extract: Add desktop file to autostart process
> >
> > This is something I'm curious about: What were the reasons to start
> > tracker-extract (and tracker-miner-fs) via XDG autostart files? In the
> > past IIRC we used D-Bus activation to start those services on-demand.
>
> It is due to GNOME bug 725607.

I should add, the current solution is not full proof either, there is no 
watchdog for the extractor, so if you have files causing repeated 
crashes, the extractor is only started manually, or via tracker-control 
or on next login to the desktop.

We should have some fix for this ideally.

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Regards,
Martyn

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