On 6/29/07, Jeff Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Several months ago, jaime wrote a blog posting showing the new
> interface for tracker and showing how much better it was. This post
> was in Feb and is here: http://jamiemcc.livejournal.com/6588.html.
>
> In that same blog posting dated Feb 13, 2007, jaime stated, "Expect a
> release some time this week as I iron out the few remaining
> bugs/issues. ". Since it is June 28th and there is still not a tracker
> 0.6 release... are we to assume that tracker development is dead?

Why not check out the latest from svn? I just built it yesterday.

> If not, make a bloody release. Follow the release early, release often
> mantra. Has beagle trumped tracker so much as to have you call it
> quits?
>
> This isn't a flame but I'm curious to know why there has not been a
> release or even a peep from anyone about tracker. The only person who
> has said anything is njpatel demoing his awesome work like affinity
> built ontop of tracker.

I've been lurking on this list and while I wouldn't say there's been
ton of action, to say there hasn't been "even a peep" hardly seems
accurate, either: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/tracker-list/

> Right now, beagle seems to be the way to go for a user trying to index
> and search their documents. Am I wrong?

Only you know your requirements. But, google just released its desktop
search for linux. See also
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/desktop_search_tools_gnu_linux_tracker_recoll_strigi_deskbar

I'd like to thank the folks working on Tracker for providing such a
nice alternative to beagle.

Best,

Todd
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