[Bug 1666676] Re: Install tracker by default

[Jeremy Bicha]

** 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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Title:
  Install tracker by default

Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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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