Logs 3 events for each recent file

I am thinking of an algorithm for determining the event type looking something like:

  if (added == visited == modified)
    return create_event;
  else if (visited =< modified)
    return modify_event;
  else
    return access_event;

I am aware that surprisingly many apps screw up the timestamps in ~/.recently-used.xbel. We should just go and fix those apps. I expect those patches to be easy to make, and also easily accepted upstream as they should be minimal.

I think this is not an engine bug. I think it is more of datahub bug thus i will forward it to there, the vala version...

This needs deeper investigation as to how exactly GtkRecentManager determines the timestamps, I don't think Mikkel's algorithm is the best we can do, as when importing history it'd most likely create just a bunch of AccessEvents, while there might be all 3 events valid.

a "created" event also changes the visited and modified events
a "modified" also changes the visit event and vice versa... GtkRecentManager
is really screwed -.-

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Michal Hruby <email address hidden> wrote:

> This needs deeper investigation as to how exactly GtkRecentManager
> determines the timestamps, I don't think Mikkel's algorithm is the best
> we can do, as when importing history it'd most likely create just a
> bunch of AccessEvents, while there might be all 3 events valid.
>
> ** Changed in: zeitgeist-datahub
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
> ** Changed in: zeitgeist-datahub
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Michal Hruby (mhr3)
>
> ** Changed in: zeitgeist-datahub
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> --
> Logs 3 events for each recent file
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/618639
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>
> Status in Zeitgeist Framework: Opinion
> Status in Zeitgeist Datahub: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Each event for a recent file is logged 3 times. An AccessEvent,
> ModifyEvent, and a CreateEvent. Scatter shooting when we can't figure out
> the event type greatly decreases the value of the logged data.
>
> We need to figure something out here I think...
>
>
>

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>> if (added == visited == modified)
This would probably fail after deleting recently-used.xbel :(