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[Siegfried Gevatter <rainct@xxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, so as I see it there are various ways to fix this:

a) Not a bug - If they care about data-sources they should keep track of
them (GetDataSources at start and DataSourceRegistered after that).
However, what should be fixed is the DataSourceDisconnected signal, it
is currently sending the whole data-source information while just the
unique id should be enough.

b) Change DataSourceEnabled to send the whole data-source, so it's
consistent with DataSourceRegistered and DataSourceDisconnected.

c) Leave DataSourceEnabled as it is, fix DataSourceDisconnected to only
return the unique id (see A) and add a GetDataSourceForId method.

Personally I don't see what a) or b) would bring us. If you're a data-
source yourself you'll probably just want to check whether the ID is
yours to know what happened to you. If you're a data-source management
GUI, which wants to update the information when something is
enabled/disabled, you'll be keep track of all data-sources anyway,
through a GetDataSources call at startup and successive updates thanks
to DataSourceRegistered signals. This means that when you get a
DataSourceEnabled signal you already have the information about the
event, and getting a full copy of it won't make your work any easier
than just having the unique ID.

** Changed in: zeitgeist
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: zeitgeist
       Status: In Progress => New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/691690

Title:
  DataSourceRegistry should have GetDataSourceForId method

Status in Zeitgeist Framework:
  New

Bug description:
  DataSourceRegistry should have a way to get a DataSource from it's id especially because the DataSourceEnabled signal only sends an id rather than a DataSource in the signal.