Transmission should use a temp-dir to exclude from indexing
Bug #189439 reported by
Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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tracker (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
transmission (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: transmission
When you download large video files with Transmission, the speeds might be low, causing the video-files to be changed continually over a long period of time. This causes indexing issues. If Transmission had a temporary and incoming directory, like the mules do, then you could exclude the temporary directory from indexing, and still having downloaded files tracked.
Changed in transmission: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
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I can see why you'd consider this a wishlist bug, but I'm not sure it should be. Trackerd runs as default on all new Ubuntu installations and other GNU/Linux distros. Transmission is now a default application in Hardy Heron as well and Transmissions features will cause the system to slow down considerably. Load average went from 0.05 to 2.0-3.0 on my system when downloading a 5GB torrent, and would have stayed that way for a week if I hadn't excluded that directory.
When viewing Transmission in isolation, this isn't a problem at all, but when seen in real life on the Ubuntu desktop, it's a big problem. It's easily fixed though, at least as a temporary solution; make Transmission use a standard download folder and configure Tracker to exclude that directory when indexing.