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[Roberto Alsina <roberto.alsina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, but on the desktop we have the apt database on the system (as well as
a xapian database for usc apps)


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Dave Morley <davmor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On 28/06/13 14:04, Roberto Alsina wrote:
> > Thinking about how searching in the app scope should work if the
> > user is offline and it causes some interesting complications.
> >
> > Here's what I assume is a minimum functionality we need to
> > deliver:
> >
> > 1) If the user, offline, searches for "browser" we should locate
> > all web browsers he has installed.
> >
> > 2) If the user, offline, searches for "navegador" (browser in
> > spanish) and his phone's locale is spanish, he should find all the
> > browsers he has installed.
> >
> > So, we will need some sort of app metadata cache we update on
> > installation and which we can query (sounds familiar? ;-)
> >
> > Since "browser" is not in the app name, but in the description,
> > that database needs to include metadata, including localized
> > versions of it.
> >
> > We even have to query this database when the user is online,
> > because if we just rely on the server's results and then filter by
> > installed/not installed we will not find intalled apps which are
> > very low matches on the server (say, the 350th web browser).
> >
> > So, who updates this metadata DB?
> >
> > My guess is the click installer does, since the app scope has no
> > way of knowing if installation succeeded or not (there's no
> > callback from the installer).
> >
> > Also, it needs to be pre-populated for pre-installed apps. If we
> > put it in the installer, then that can happen naturally.
> >
> > This also gives a solution to the question of getting the version
> > numbers of installed apps: we just query this DB
> >
> > Finally: preinstalled apps are system-wide (right?) so there are
> > going to be two DBs?
> >
> >
> As far as I am aware this is the current behaviour of Untiy.
> Unity currently searches HDD files and apps and then adds suggestions
> from online, If you are not online you can still search for
> applications you have installed.
>
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