Bug 384450

Summary:	NTFS partitions are automatically added to blacklist
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-baloo	Reporter:	Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component:	Engine	Assignee:	Pinak Ahuja <pinak.ahuja>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.39.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Patrick Silva 2017-09-06 22:07:32 UTC

Every time I install kde my three NTFS partitions (from internal HDs) are added to blacklist. Is this behavior intentional or not? If intentional, why?

Arch, plasma 5.10.5.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2017-09-07 03:35:50 UTC

I believe this is intentional. I couldn't tell you why, though (not being a baloo dev). Could be for performance, or maybe NTFS is somehow not compatible.

Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2017-09-07 03:45:36 UTC

Thank you Nate.
Maybe some baloo dev can give us details.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2017-10-30 20:43:42 UTC

Yes, this is intentional. It's believed that Baloo currently is not performant enough to index NTFS disks. Working on Baloo is on my long-term to-do list, but this probably wont't change until some more under-the-hood work is done.