Robert Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > Rob schrieb: >> The reason why some of the .sqlite files are so darn large is partly >> the silly pre-allocation that is done on them. > > "Silly" is in the eye of the beholder. The preallocation makes write > access to the DB much faster. It's a tradeoff. The vast majority of > people have local profiles on their computer and their disk space is > huge and cheap, while their time probably isn't. > > KaiRo
I would first thoroughly the case where allocating disk space is so slow that it is better to pre-allocate it before I would hardcode such big pre-allocation increments in the software. Even then I would have put a pref in the code that could override the allocation increment for cases I did not think about. The people who think "disk space is huge and cheap" clearly have not considered roaming profiles. I forgive them that they forget about a specific configuration they don't have on their home system, but not that they keep holding on to it even after they have been informed about the negative impact it has on others. Fortunately Seamonkey has been phased out where I work, so I no longer have to worry about issues like this. But maybe other people still have. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
