Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

Because not all media files in all directories are music and video supposed to be exposed to the user. I'm surprised this needs explanation. Have we already forgotten the joys of the 2000 ogg files in Media Player from Nokia's very own Map application happily added by metalayer-crawler ? Even today I can't use Media Player and Canola properly as they play 'random' as a various mix of music and application sounds. If the solution is not to have music and application data on the same card, that's hardly not a bug.

EDIT:The same metalayer-crawler magic had to do with media player. And since MAFW will be omnipresent and a base for a much broader audience, it will be able to make or break basically all your media apps. With the 2000 aforementioned oggs, it would mean they wouldn't just appear in Media Player, but ALL your multimedia applications. Oops.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

I seem to recall reading that Tracker will be monitoring the user's home directory and removable media, not the entire file system. However, I'm not immediately finding a reference for that when I search.

Regardless, trackerd supports simple directory inclusions and exclusions via its configuration file. Applications that install media files that should not be indexed into locations that otherwise will be, should add appropriate exclusions. Failure to do so will be a bug that should be reported to the application maker. And, should the application maker fail to deliver the necessary fix, I expect it would be a simple matter for someone else to make a tiny deb that adds the exclusion for the average, command line averse user.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

I think they are relying on inotify, so there's no actual heavy weight on the device, unless there's big activity in the monitored directories.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

My appologies for not reading all of the 1,443 previous posts :eek:

Was printing support mentioned?

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

Odds are good that it was; however, printing support won't be coming from Nokia.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

I dont' want to sound too dismissive, but considering the platform (number of 3rd party apps) and common use-cases (how many applications have user-exposable media ?), this is the wrong solution. I'm certain applications should opt-in media files and not opt-out, especially if you operate on SD level. This is why fremantle / trackerd integration CAN be smart, files belonging to debs could and should automatically be ignored f.e. by the application installer (either directly or through MAFW if possible). Otherwise, chances are almost all of 'extras' will do it wrong at first, have a bug filed, have it corrected by the author or the community, make a patch, distribute it, make wikis about it, make sticky posts with giant letters addressing developers, maybe even making a patch to the garage autobuilder to this automatically because all of the above failed, etc. This could all be avoided with a proper approach in the beginning and it's not that hard to do.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

Since both projects are open and openly developed, why don't you go talk to their developers instead of wasting time speculating on it with too little information?

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

I'll take it that this means you think it has some merit ;) I'm clueless what the proper place to go to would be, as it is a platform level decision.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

No, I think it's silly to waste your and other people's time speculating on something (especially when that speculation seems to be turning into a downward spiral of negative assumptions) when the answer is but an email away.

What really bothers me is the tendency in this community to fall back on speculation (which often heads in a distinctly negative direction) even when concrete information is readily available.

Before you spend pages of posts in speculation, consider asking the devs first.

The Tracker mailing list is here, and there are lots of possible contacts on the MAFW project page.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

Nah, we know you better than that, you said thank you in a GA way :) I know, I know, you couldn't disagree more and fail to see any sense in that. Don't worry, it's ok :D

Edit:
Might be tricky ! See attach :D

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