Bug#637049: Please tag ~/.thumbnails using CACHEDIR.TAG

[Josh Triplett]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.30.1-3
Severity: wishlist

Various backup utilities can automatically exclude cache directories if
tagged via the "Cache Directory Tagging" standard
(http://www.brynosaurus.com/cachedir/).  Doing so requires creating a
file CACHEDIR.TAG in the cache directory (~/.thumbnails), containing
the contents "Signature: 8a477f597d28d172789f06886806bc55".  Please
consider implementing this standard by creating this file, so that
backup software can automatically exclude the thumbnail cache.

I don't fully know which component of nautilus generates these
thumbnails, or if that component lives in some package other than the
main nautilus package.  Please feel free to reassign if I've gotten it
wrong.

Thanks,
Josh Triplett

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils          0.15-2       Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gvfs                        1.6.4-3      userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii  libatk1.0-0                 2.0.1-2      ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                       2.13-14      Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                   1.10.2-6.1   The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.94-4       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libexempi3                  2.1.1-1      library to parse XMP metadata (Lib
ii  libexif12                   0.6.20-1     library to parse EXIF files
ii  libgail18                   2.24.5-4     GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.32.4-1     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.28.6-1     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libglib2.0-data             2.28.6-1     Common files for GLib library
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-17       2.30.2-2     Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.24.5-4     GTK+ graphical user interface libr
ii  libice6                     2:1.0.7-2    X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnautilus-extension1      2.30.1-3     libraries for nautilus components 
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.28.4-2     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libselinux1                 2.0.98-1.1   SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libsm6                      2:1.2.0-2    X11 Session Management library
ii  libunique-1.0-0             1.1.6-2      Library for writing single instanc
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.4.4-1    X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                     2.7.8.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrender1                 1:0.9.6-2    X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  nautilus-data               2.30.1-3     data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info            0.90-1       FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
pn  app-install-data              <none>     (no description available)
ii  brasero                       2.30.3-3   CD/DVD burning application for GNO
ii  consolekit                    0.4.5-1    framework for defining and trackin
ii  desktop-base                  6.0.6      common files for the Debian Deskto
pn  eject                         <none>     (no description available)
ii  gvfs-backends                 1.6.4-3    userspace virtual filesystem - bac
ii  librsvg2-common               2.34.0-2   SAX-based renderer library for SVG
pn  synaptic                      <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages nautilus suggests:
ii  eog                           3.0.2-2    Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
ii  evince [pdf-viewer]           2.32.0-1   Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer
ii  totem                         2.30.2-8   A simple media player for the GNOM
pn  tracker                       <none>     (no description available)
ii  xdg-user-dirs                 0.14-1     tool to manage well known user dir

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