>>> On 1/18/2012 at 09:17 PM, in message <[email protected]>, Matthew Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > I still find myself occasionally pointing users to the little shell > script Srini wrote some years ago to vacuum out all your folders.db. > Since moving to XDG base dirs I've kept an updated version of it here: > > http://mbarnes.fedorapeople.org/evolution-rebuild-summarydb > > Usually after running the script, users report that Evolution feels fast > and responsive again. > > Evolution really needs to be doing this on its own periodically, but I > would rather the user not be aware of it. So no new pop-up dialogs or > info bars or anything like that. > > I thought a natural place to tie a database cleansing into would be a > folder expunge (and also File -> Empty Trash), something most users do > every now and then already -- or at least something we could instruct > them to do directly within Evolution. > > Plus, users are already accustomed to a short delay when emptying trash, > so a little extra delay there should be pretty inconspicuous. > > Thoughts? >
sqlite is used by not just Evo. But by other applications like Firefox, chromium, too. In openSUSE we found a solution http://gitorious.org/opensuse/vacuumizer/blobs/master/vacuumizer to do this via a script. May be the disros can run this script once a month on gdm logging in, so that all applications can be benefitted. Sankar _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
