[Sugar-devel] Browse cache bloat

[Gonzalo Odiard]

Part of the problem is the user does not know nothing about the existence of
this files.

Gonzalo

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

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>
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Sebastian Silva <
> sebastian at somosazucar.org> wrote:
>
>>  I've implemented the first part of this patch.
>> It deletes partial downloads when user clicks on cancel button or deletes
>> journal download entry.
>> This should already mitigate thie situation. Alas, the partial download
>> still remains when there is a crash.
>>
>> I could remove partial downloads on start of activity, but i'm worried
>> another instance of Browse might be open and downloading.
>> How should I check for this condition?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sebastian
>>
>> El 19/05/11 20:20, Sebastian Silva escribió:
>>
>> Hi,
>> dirakx and I are working on Browse and are trying to find a way to fix
>> http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2659 - [dx2] Browse should have a cache
>> cleaning policy
>>
>> It seems to us the only way to bloat the
>> .sugar/default/org.laptop.WebActivity/instance dir is by doing a large
>> download and then interrupting it (either because of network problems or by
>> canceling). This leaves partial downloads in this dir and can fill the disk
>> pretty quickly on XO hardware.
>>
>> We have thought of a workaround policy as we can't find an option in
>> xulrunner to handle this by removing these partial files:
>>     - on click of "cancel" in a download - erase partial download
>>     - on start of new session of browse (if no other instance is running)
>>
>> Is this an acceptable fix?
>> Input welcome as we prepare the patch,
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sebastian
>>
>>
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> Why not have a button for clearing the cache regardless of the
> circumstances by which it filled? As to where to put the button...
>
> -walter
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