#6584 LOW Never A: option to bypass scan of removable device

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#6584: option to bypass scan of removable device
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  Reporter:  mikus             |       Owner:  tomeu         
      Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  low               |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
 Component:  journal-activity  |     Version:                
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0                 |    Blocking:                
 Blockedby:                    |  
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Changes (by Eben):

 * cc: marco (added)
  * owner:  jg => tomeu
  * component:  distro => journal-activity


Comment:

 This seems like a reasonable request, as it's completely hidden to those
 who don't know or care about it.  I think its utility may depend to some
 extent on how we ultimately choose to implement this scanning.

 I assume that the most considerable chunk of time is spent doing full-text
 indexing of files on the device;  if instead we limit the scan to locating
 the files in all subdirectories and presenting them in a basic list, then
 I doubt there would be too much overhead and this may be a non-issue.
 Likewise, if we chose to index on demand - that is, when the user opts to
 "show contents" of the device, those that would prefer to stick to the
 command line or other tools would never experience the overhead for
 scanning.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6584#comment:1>
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