One immediate big remark with the patches is that you are silently trying to lower the version requirements for sqlite.
Don't I guess the renaming of these files is a team decision that I can't make on my own, so I can't push these patches right now. We'll discuss this, though. On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:47 +0100, Juan A. Suarez Romero wrote: > Hi. > > I've been working in a patch to be able to run Tracker 0.7 in > N900/Fremantle. > > Attached is the set of patches that make this possible. The good news > about them is that allow that Tracker 0.7 runs together with default > tracker (0.6.x). Thus, applications can still use tracker 0.6 and newers > can use tracker 0.7 > > Most of the changes consisted of some renames to avoid overwritting > files from tracker 0.6. > > Thus, for instance, we have now tracker-stats-0.7, keeping tracker-stats > for default tracker-0.6. > > I must say that I only renamed those files that are in conflict with > tracker 0.6. Thus, tracker-control maintains its name. > > Nevertheless, I've been talking with Ivan about this issue, and he > thinks that it would be a good idea to rename all files, so all command > line tools end in "-0.7". I think it's a good idea. Moreover, I'd > suggest to do the same for 0.6.x branch, so all files end in "-0.6". > Then, one can use alternatives approach, so for instance "tracker-stats" > can point either to tracker-stats-0.7 or tracker-stats-0.6. In some > sense, this is the approach followed by gcc, where the executable "gcc" > is actually a link to "gcc-$VERSION". > > My main concerns is how to manage these patches, as they don't fit in > any branch. Maybe it would be a good idea to create a new branch in > gitorious called "fremantle-0.7", which would have Tracker 0.7 for > Fremantle. > > BTW, I've been testing it in a real device, and it works fine. You can > use both "tracker-files -s Music" and "tracker-query-0.7 -u", and they > return same information. The drawback is that two trackers will be > running. > > Finally, these patches (well, really the first one) should help to fix > GB#601799. > > J.A. > > _______________________________________________ > tracker-list mailing list > tracker-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list -- Philip Van Hoof, freelance software developer home: me at pvanhoof dot be gnome: pvanhoof at gnome dot org http://pvanhoof.be/blog http://codeminded.be _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list tracker-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
