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This bug was fixed in the package zeitgeist - 0.8.99~alpha2-1

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zeitgeist (0.8.99~alpha2-1) experimental; urgency=low


  * New upstream release. Some of the changes are:
    - Enhanced error handling, reporting and recovery (LP: #848710,
      LP: #743857).
    - The database file is now only readable by the user (LP: #910273).
    - GVFS usage in StorageMonitor has been disabled for now (LP: #905898).
    - Fixed a problem where the FTS extension could block the DB (LP: #919111).
    - Debug messages are no longer displayed by default (LP: #906451).
  * debian/rules:
    - Do not install the raw .trig files.
  * debian/zeitgeist-core.bash_completion:
    - Change source directory from extra/ to data/.

 -- Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <rainct@xxxxxxxxxx>  Fri, 27 Jan
2012 15:56:06 +0100

** Changed in: zeitgeist (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  zeitgeist DEBUG log messages appearing in zeitgeist log - should be
  disabled

Status in The Ubuntu Power Consumption Project:
  In Progress
Status in Zeitgeist Framework:
  Fix Released
Status in “zeitgeist” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “zeitgeist” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  While trying to identify rogue processes that periodically write log
  data unnecessarily I identified that zeitgeist is appending DEBUG
  messages to the /home/$user/.cache/zzeitgeist/daemon.log  (see
  attached log).

  Logging messages to a debug log is useful, however on production
  release code I don't expect to see DEBUG messages being written to log
  files:

  1.  If they are for debugging only then they should be inhibited in production quality code.
  2.  Unnecessary debug messages to logs cause additional unwanted writes to the disk - when on battery power this can cause laptops to spin drives up and waste power.  

  Since we are trying to reduce the power consumption I am requesting
  that debug messages are not written to this log unless debug is
  explicitly turned on.

  How to reproduce:

  On an installed system observe the daemon.log get DEBUG messages
  appended to it over time.  Occurs on idle and non-idle systems.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: zeitgeist 0.8.2-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Dec 19 17:46:42 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: zeitgeist
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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