app-misc/tracker-0.6.6 indexes pdf, picture, and movie files if the correct USE flags are enabled (pdf, jpeg, gstreamer). However, by default, it will not index Word documents. I first enabled the gsf USE flag, thinking that would fix it. I re-indexed, but could not find text in Word documents. Emerging app-text/wv and re-indexing enabled this functionality. [ebuild R ] app-misc/tracker-0.6.6 USE="applet deskbar gnome gsf gstreamer gtk hal jpeg pdf -debug -xine" Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge app-misc/tracker-0.6.6 without the gsf USE flag 2. Index Word documents 3. Try searching for content known to be in Word documents -- see no results 4. Emerge app-misc/tracker-0.6.6 with the gsf USE flag 5. Index Word documents 6. Try searching for content known to be in Word documents -- see no results Actual Results: No results from Word documents, no matter which seemingly relevant USE flags are enabled, which would seem to indicate that they are not being indexed. Expected Results: One of the following, in preference order: 1. Indexing Word documents should "just work" because of a hard dependency 2. Indexing Word documents should "just work" because of a USE flag enabled by default. 3. I should be given information in the form of an unenabled USE flag ("word"? "wv"?) that will let me know there is something else to do to enable the Word indexing operation of app-misc/tracker. 4. I should be given information in the form of an ebuild message that lets me know that emerging app-text/wv will enable Word indexing Since app-misc/tracker so obviously uses app-text/wv, I imagine something should be done. I don't know enough about Gentoo guidelines to make a specific recommendation. Also, this brings up a bigger point -- is there any further functionality of app-misc/tracker that I'm missing because I haven't noticed its absence? For example, I don't think that Excel files are indexed, either. I can't tell from Meta Tracker's rather poor information page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker/ whether or not this absence is a design decision, or due to the fact that I don't have another helper application emerged.
Bump?
Tracker 0.6 is gone, 0.7.10 has been added to the tree and live ebuild has been updated to git repository with 0.7 deps. Please give them a shot. I'll start adding back tracker support to apps as patches come in. Thanks for your patience.
