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.