[Chandler-dev] Compaction feature

[Reid Ellis]

No, I wouldn't mind it being in the foreground; I would just want it  
to run unattended, and have the option to cancel (and presumably run  
it later) if I needed to use Chandler *right* *now*.

Red

On May 17, 2007, at 22:44, Andi Vajda wrote:
> 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..