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Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?



On 14.02.2012 18:49, Tom H wrote:
> Perhaps Debian's GNOME maintainers could change the dependency to a
> "file indexer" and have users choose the indexer that strikes their
> fancy (I'm assuming that there are many but I only know of Beagle -
> does Google Desktop Search have a Linux version?). Someone could
> submit such an RFE but I wouldn't expect the maintainers to go for it
> (it's my opinion not a certainty!).

If such an alternate file indexer and metadata db provides the same
functionality as tracker and the same (D-Bus) interfaces, this would be
possible.
There is none though. gnome-documents relies on the functionality of
tracker, so there is no option really.



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