Re: tracker-preferences

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On Thu, 2017-10-05 at 15:51 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Oct 2017 16:14:22 +0300, Yanko Kaneti wrote:
> 
> > > $ gsettings list-recursively | grep -i org.freedesktop.Tracker
> 
> While digging, I've come that far, too. Can't say I'm happy, because
> tracker-preferences at least made it quick and convenient to remove
> the
> index directories.
> 
> $ gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker.Miner.Files index-recursive-
> directories []
> $ gsettings get org.freedesktop.Tracker.Miner.Files index-recursive-
> directories
> @as []
> ^^^
> ^
> ^
> Ouch! It's using GVariant format strings.

Why is that a problem? 

> > > Does anyone know why tracker-preferences package was removed? I
> > > can't
> > > find it in src.fedoraproject.org nor I can find any email about
> > > it.
> > > That package is honestly essential. Tracker sooner or later gets
> > > stuck in a loop on about every system I work with.  
> > 
> > Upstream decision.
> > From the release notes of 1.99.0 - 2017-07-06:
> > "  * Deleted tracker-preferences. Tracker has been using GSettings
> > for years,
> >     so doesn't specifically require an UI for it, there's of course
> > room
> >     for desktop integrated configuration, gnome-control-center does
> > this
> >     for example.
> > "
> 
> Big *sigh*. What a poor decision. So much about making desktop user
> friendly.  It's not even possible to uninstall it because of
> dependency
> hell and libs usage:
> 

Feel free to maintain it if you prefer it over the configuration that
is available via control-center or gsettings.
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