Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-gtk-gn...@lists.debian.org Control: affects -1 src:tracker Owner: jeremy.bi...@canonical.com
Package Name: tinysparql Version: 3.8 (not yet released yet) Upstream Author: Sam Thursfield, Carlos Garnacho and others License: GPL-2+. Library: LGPL-2.1+ Programming Lang: C Description: metadata database, indexer and search tool TinySPARQL is an advanced framework for first class objects with associated metadata and tags. It provides a one stop solution for all metadata, tags, shared object databases, search tools and indexing. . TinySPARQL was previously known as Tracker. Other Info -------------- TinySPARL is a rename of the Tracker file indexer included by default in GNOME. The primary driver for this rename is that privacy-conscious curious users are disturbed by the persistent background process named tracker-miner-fs-3. It sounds like something is tracking users perhaps for malicious reasons. Miner brings to mind cryptocurrency miners that could have been installed without authorization. Concerned users can complain or may try to disable or remove these services and break core functionality of their desktop environment. The Debian GNOME team intends to package tinysparql (and the tracker-miners replacement named localsearch) in Experimental probably in July. The intent is for the new binary packages to replace the existing tracker packages. We expect to do the transition in Unstable later in the year. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker/-/issues/437 Thanks, Jeremy Bícha
