[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 760902] [NEW] Banshee's Library Watcher should be disabled by default in Ubuntu 11.04

[Chow Loong Jin]

On Friday 15,April,2011 01:00 AM, Michael Martin-Smucker wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> Binary package hint: banshee
> 
> The Library Watcher in Banshee is a relatively new feature, and it still
> lacks a good deal of polish.  In its current state, the problems it
> causes far outweigh the benefit it provides.  In fact, I'm fairly
> certain that in vanilla Banshee, this extension is disabled by default
> because of some of these issues.[1]  I would strongly encourage the
> Ubuntu folks to disable this extension by default in the version of
> Banshee that ships with Natty.
> 
> An overview of the issues:
> 
> - The Library Watcher has been known to cause very high CPU usage and severe memory leaks[3]
> - When importing from CDs[2], devices[3], and even regular folders[4], the Library Watcher leads to duplicate imports
> - What's worse, when importing with the Library Watcher + the "Copy Files to Folders" option, some files may be missed altogether.[5][4]
> 
> In my opinion, having a "watched directory" is a desirable feature, but
> much less important than the ability to accurately import music from
> CDs, devices, and folders.
> 
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638939
> [2] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617687
> [3] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638788
> [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/760565
> [5] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632956

  status incomplete
  subscribe didrocks

I'm fine with disabling the Library Watcher extension, though it was the UNR
team who enabled it by default, IIRC. Didrocks, are you okay with this?

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Loong Jin

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760902

Title:
  Banshee's Library Watcher should be disabled by default in Ubuntu
  11.04

Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: banshee

  The Library Watcher in Banshee is a relatively new feature, and it
  still lacks a good deal of polish.  In its current state, the problems
  it causes far outweigh the benefit it provides.  In fact, I'm fairly
  certain that in vanilla Banshee, this extension is disabled by default
  because of some of these issues.[1]  I would strongly encourage the
  Ubuntu folks to disable this extension by default in the version of
  Banshee that ships with Natty.

  An overview of the issues:

  - The Library Watcher has been known to cause very high CPU usage and severe memory leaks[2]
  - When importing from CDs[3], devices[4], and even regular folders[5], the Library Watcher leads to duplicate imports
  - What's worse, when importing with the Library Watcher + the "Copy Files to Folders" option, some files may be missed altogether.[6][5]

  In my opinion, having a "watched directory" is a desirable feature,
  but much less important than the ability to accurately import music
  from CDs, devices, and folders.

  [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638939
  [2] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617687
  [3] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=614171
  [4] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638788
  [5] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/760565
  [6] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632956