[Chandler-dev] Compaction feature

[Andi Vajda]

On Thu, 17 May 2007, Reid Ellis wrote:
>
> I would hope that this dialog requires zero interaction -- no "Okay" button 
> or anything. Just a "Cancel" in case you don't want to do it now? So it runs 
> and closes itself?

You're hoping wrong. It's one of those pesky ok/cancel dialogs.
To be clear, I hate popups as much as anyone, what is the alternative ?
Running a compaction in the background, while technically possible, would slow 
it down considerably while making chandler itself pretty sluggish.

If there are enough people unhappy with this 'courtesy' dialog, I can add a 
pref to not have it. Periodically, every 7 days, your chandler would go away 
for a little (or not so little) while, without notice.

I was also thinking of adding a similar 'courtesy' dialog, this time with a 
'shut up forever' option, that would suggest a repository backup to be done.
(a true backup, not a dump).

A backup is much less disruptive than a compact, it's mostly just copying 
(large) files around. I was thinking of adding an option to do a backup on a 
regular basis in the background. The only caveat is that each backup is a full 
backup of the repo and that can chew up a fair amount of diskspace.

Opinions ?

Andi..