** Description changed: - For Nautilus' built-in search to not be very slow, Nautilus needs to use - tracker for search. + Benefits + ======== + + 1. It speeds up searching for files in the Files app. + + 2. It enables full-text search in the Files app. In other words, you can + look for files that contain specific words, instead of searching just by + filename. + + 3. It allows the Batch Rename feature in the Files app able to rename + based on file metadata. For instance, you can use the Artist name for + properly tagged music files as part of the new file name. + + Other Info + ---------- + You can customize the folders it indexes from Settings > Search > gear button. + + Original Bug Report + =================== + For Nautilus' built-in search to not be very slow, Nautilus needs to use tracker for search. This is especially important since it's being seriously proposed for Ubuntu 17.10 that we drop the "type-ahead search" patch that reverted the removal of that feature by Nautilus years ago. (LP: #1666681) To not cripple Ubuntu GNOME, it was previously decided to let Nautilus build against tracker but not use that functionality on Unity. See this patch: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu- desktop/nautilus/ubuntu/view/head:/debian/patches/ubuntu_tracker_only_on_GNOME.patch This bug is requesting that patch be dropped and the extra tracker components be allowed into main and installed by default in Unity.
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