Mark Schouten said:
> I prefer this too. I also think it is good to think about newbies, but
> is it really necessary to ignore more advanced users just because they
> know what they're looking for? I know I would be annoyed if locate was
> missing on my server.
>
We're not talking about servers
> I don´t know if that already happens, but the same way updatedb could be
> instructed to do a 'delta' only and leave unchanged files alone (instead of
> update the whole db each time).
# time /etc/cron.weekly/slocate
real1m6.354s
user0m0.247s
sys 0m0.581s
# time /etc/cron.weekly/s
On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 12:27 +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > I fully agree. Installing *two* search tools by default is too much.
> > We probably should not uninstall locate on upgrades, but we should not
> > put it into new installations. One is painful enough (although they do
> > not server the s
On 17/09/2007 Mark Schouten wrote:
> > > Can we not come up with a way to generate the locate database from
> > > tracker instead?
>
> I prefer this too. I also think it is good to think about newbies, but
> is it really necessary to ignore more advanced users just because they
> know what they're
Le lundi 17 septembre 2007 à 08:03 +0200, Martin Pitt a écrit :
> I fully agree. Installing *two* search tools by default is too much.
> We probably should not uninstall locate on upgrades, but we should not
> put it into new installations.
That will break gnome-search-tools (the panel item to
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 08:03:49AM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Milan [2007-09-15 16:54 +0200]:
> > We can also think (and this is my opinion ;-) ) that the locate command
> > is only used by advanced users that now how to install slocate in two
> > minutes, and thus that we don't need to install it
On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 08:03 +0200, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Milan [2007-09-15 16:54 +0200]:
> > We can also think (and this is my opinion ;-) ) that the locate
> command
> > is only used by advanced users that now how to install slocate in
> two
> > minutes, and thus that we don't need to install it b
Hi,
Milan [2007-09-15 16:54 +0200]:
> We can also think (and this is my opinion ;-) ) that the locate command
> is only used by advanced users that now how to install slocate in two
> minutes, and thus that we don't need to install it by default. Newbies
> don't use locate in a terminal, but Track
Thilo: OK, I didn't realise that. I closed this outdated Bug 27918
consequently.
To Thilo and Mark and Scott:
You agree that the operation of installing slocate is a piece of cake
for an admin or a power user, and even if it is "surprising", it's not
an issue for them. We can keep locate on the s
Milan wrote the following on 15.09.2007 16:54
> 3) when not on battery
Just for the record. On feisty the cron is not started when on battery here,
unless i plug the power cable in.
> Milan
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Scott Kitterman wrote the following on 16.09.2007 00:43
> I use locate regularly on desktops and servers. If there are locate
> variants that update synchronously rather than once a day, I say looking
> into that is the best answer.
would that slowdown file operations (mv, rm, cp)?
> It w
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:53:11 +0200 Soren Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 04:54:57PM +0200, Milan wrote:
>> We can also think (and this is my opinion ;-) ) that the locate
>> command is only used by advanced users that now how to install slocate
>> in two minutes, and thus
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 05:49:37PM +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote:
> On 15/09/2007 Wouter Stomp wrote:
> > Wouldn't it be possible to replace locate with tracker somehow? Or let
> > locate use the tracker database?
>
> I would like to add that often "dpkg -S" can replace locate.
Ehm, locate works
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 04:54:57PM +0200, Milan wrote:
> We can also think (and this is my opinion ;-) ) that the locate
> command is only used by advanced users that now how to install slocate
> in two minutes, and thus that we don't need to install it by default.
I agree with this. Heck, I consi
On 15/09/2007 Wouter Stomp wrote:
> Wouldn't it be possible to replace locate with tracker somehow? Or let
> locate use the tracker database?
I would like to add that often "dpkg -S" can replace locate.
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On 9/15/07, Milan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We can also think (and this is my opinion ;-) ) that the locate command
> is only used by advanced users that now how to install slocate in two
> minutes, and thus that we don't need to install it by default. Newbies
> don't use locate in a terminal,
The slocate cron.daily job has long been an issue, making users ask why
their computers were not responding or simply working hard without any
explanation. This little 'bug' is giving a really bad impression to new
users, making Ubuntu look 'Windows-like' (the worst for us), that is to
say unstable
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