#677422 tracker: do not index when on battery power

Package:
tracker
Source:
tracker
Description:
metadata database, indexer and search tool
Submitter:
Robert Kawecki
Date:
2015-05-12 20:51:15 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#677422#5
Date:
2012-06-13 21:11:46 UTC
From:
To:
Tracker builds file indexes by default even when running on battery power. This adversely affects runtime of laptops.
This is demonstrated by running the below command (yields "true" on my system, running default settings):

gsettings get org.freedesktop.Tracker.Miner.Files index-on-battery

Please consider changing this default to "false" to prevent the process from wasting precious battery power and heating up the laptop.