Re: [orion-dev] Search discussion from UX thread

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

John J Barton wrote on 05/03/2012 11:40:00 AM:
> Sounds like you need a post-write filesystem hook that the search
> service subscribes to. That makes the services dependent upon abstract
> events but not on git/file/etc.
> 
> Confounding any design is the likelihood that Orion devs are like
me:
> using localhost to allow direction filesystem hacking. That may not
> apply in the long run.

Yes to both points. I was thinking of some hook that
will enable us to quickly re-index for the common cases (file edit, git
operations). We would continue to periodically do a complete scan to catch
anything that was modified externally or otherwise missed.

John A