https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448539
Bug ID: 448539
Summary: Exclude .cache from Baloo indexing
Product: frameworks-baloo
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: baloo-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: koma...@hotmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
By default, Baloo indexes every directory and file under the user's home
directory. The directory named .cache, however, should not be indexed as it
contains files the user usually doesn't want to directly search for, but the
contents of the directory are enormous in size and changed very often,
resulting in Baloo hogging up system resources uselessly indexing cached
webpages. Solution: add a rule by default to exclude .cache from indexing. The
user can, if they so desire, remove that rule. This would improve the
perception of Baloo and less people would turn it off.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use a web browser extensively
2. Look at system resource usage
3. Look at what Baloo is working on in the Baloo page in System Settings
OBSERVED RESULT
Baloo consumes a lot of CPU while indexing .cache, which is pointless.
EXPECTED RESULT
Baloo should never index .cache
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Irrelevant, apart from it is Manjaro Linux (there might be distros that add the
required exclusion rule to their default Plasma configuration, idk)
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