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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 193592] no picture dimension information anymore in dolphin
From:       Szczepan Hołyszewski  <rulatir () wp ! pl>
Date:       2010-02-17 9:56:01
Message-ID: 20100217095602.0F6D133EA8 () immanuel ! kde ! org
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--- Comment #58 from Szczepan Hołyszewski <rulatir wp pl>  2010-02-17 10:55:21 ---
> Indexing IS reading meta-data and putting it in some
> suitable form for display,and caching it for efficiency.
> You can't have your cake and eat it too! You either want
> your files' meta-data read and displayed or not.

Your logic here is flawed. Yes, I _can_ have the metadata extracted and
presented AND NOT cached. It is very simple: do the extracting and
presentation, *DON'T* do the caching.

Problems with current approach:

* no possibility to tell Niepomóg/Zrzygi: "Hey, Niepomóg/Zrzygi, I am browsing
*this particular folder* right now, and I want to see the dimensions of *this
particular image RIGHT NOW*, not in three monts when you finally decide to
index *this particular folder*, so I, your user and lord supreme, *ORDER YOU*
to *INTERRUPT* whatever you are doing right now, and index *this particular
file RIGHT NOW*, then other files in *this particular folder, NON-RECURSIVELY*
(if I am interested in what is in the subfolders, I will tell you), and when
you are done with this, you are free to resume the interrupted activity.

* indexes will get out of date. While it is acceptable to get a few false
positives when doing a full-text search, it is *NOT* acceptable to be presented
with *FALSE* information about e.g. image dimensions because the image changed
since it was indexed.

* (this should really be the first item) Everything that makes searching easier
is a *HUGE* privacy concern. Some people will want to *disable* all indexing
engines and would rather deal with more time-consuming direct searching than
risk their privacy. Therefore important functionality *MUST NOT* depend on
indexing engines, and (to be pedantic) *MUST NOT* trigger the activation of the
indexing functionality of indexing-and-other-stuff combo services like
Niepomóg/Zrzygi.

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