[15:10] <jdong> charles_: when you get a chance, can you weigh in on bug 189439? I have a feelign it might errupt into a huge mess unless someone authoritative weighs in :)
[15:10] <ubotu> Launchpad bug 189439 in transmission "Transmission should use a temp-dir to exclude from indexing" [Wishlist,Incomplete] https://launchpad.net/bugs/189439
[15:23] <charles_> hm
[15:23] <charles_> my first reaction is that storing torrents in a temporary directory is a recipe for unhappy users who wonder why part of their torrent has disappeared
[15:24] <jdong> charles_: right, I disagree with a temporary torrent dir too
[15:24] <jdong> charles_: it's a UI complication to deal with a problem via a workaround
[15:24] <jdong> a dirty hack that complicates Transmission for everyone
[15:25] <jdong> I recall on OS X transmission can tell spotlight to leave an active torrent alone
[15:25] <jdong> I wonder if there's a similar call for tracker
[15:25] <charles_> it also makes me think of http://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/685 which I was submitted yesterday
[15:26] <charles_> does trackerd know to ignore g_get_user_special_dir()?
[15:27] <jdong> charles_: jamiemcc in #ubuntu-devel is the tracker author, he'd be a good one to talk to about this
[15:27] <jdong> hopefully you guys can come up with a solution that's also applicable to other P2P type apps
[15:27] <charles_> *nod*
[15:42] <charles_> jdong: thanks for the heads-up
[15:43] <charles_> if the feb 14 release of trackerd has an `ignore' API, will Transmission be able to get a release in after that to utilize it?
[15:58] <jdong> charles_: yes, I will file a feature freeze exception if the changes are small, or backport the patch if the new release is too intrusive :)
[15:58] <jdong> but one way or another, we will fix this thing before release