From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F185158089 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2023 19:06:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C6FBF2BC178; Sun, 17 Sep 2023 19:06:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk (smtp.hosts.co.uk [85.233.160.19]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BCCE2BC017 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2023 19:06:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host86-155-223-197.range86-155.btcentralplus.com ([86.155.223.197] helo=[192.168.1.99]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1qhx5p-00065Z-3y for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Sep 2023 20:06:05 +0100 Message-ID: <68846133-6221-4e9a-880c-2308cdbf41b3@youngman.org.uk> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2023 20:06:04 +0100 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What is the point of baloo? Content-Language: en-GB To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <1acbc1b0-9f39-1fd6-3cc1-6d55ae5eef0d@youngman.org.uk> <4840372.GXAFRqVoOG@rogueboard> From: Wols Lists In-Reply-To: <4840372.GXAFRqVoOG@rogueboard> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6302be5a-416b-402c-b47e-c050e885ffed X-Archives-Hash: af10821ac4655cdec41e42438c0fc26e On 17/09/2023 19:37, Michael wrote: > However, unlike locate, baloo is meant to index not just file names, but also > metadata tags and relationships relevant to files, emails and contacts. Its > devs would argue it has a small footprint. So it is meant to be*more* than a > simple file name indexer. But what is the POINT of said index? If there's no point it's just a total and complete waste of time and space! So, far the only point I'm aware of is it is supposed to make kmail run faster - an application I've never used. Cheers, Wol