Re: [Tracker] need to rebuild index if watched dir or ignore rule is changed

[jamie <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 15:46 +0800, Jerry Tan wrote:
> Hi, jamie,
> after I check in the patch for ignore filename pattern,
> I notice that I have to rebuild index to make it take affect.
>
> But in TP, if user change setting for watch directories, or ignore files,
> trackerd is restarted, but without "-R" param,
> that's not right.
>
>
> User will find that, if he set rules to ignore some file ,
> but he still can find them in the TST tools.
> that's wired.
>
> so my suggestion:
> If user change watched dir or anything in ignored files tab,
> trackerd need to be restarted with "-R"

Yeah user should be informed that change will only affect newly indexed
stuff unless they reindex - best to ask them if they want to reindex

I can handle this...

jamie