Re: Re: [Gaim-commits] CVS: gaim/src gtkconv.c,1.504,1.505

Evan Schoenberg wrote:

> What exactly does the cache in ~/.gaim/icons do?  I currently have 
> 56.6 MB of files in there (8,435 files, significantly more buddies 
> than I have on my list).

It collects buddy icons. Due to past (and possibly present, not sure) 
bugs in Gaim, buddy icons were sometimes leaked. Also if two people use 
the same buddy icon, you get the file twice.

If you've ever logged into Trepia on Gaim, you'll have gotten a lot of 
them from there too.


I'd like to see this cache recoded, and so would shx. Something where 
each file is stored only once by using hashes, and where a database is 
kept and old unreferenced files are garbage collected. And also where 
unreferenced files can get re-referenced.

Also, this database will probably get used for custom smileys. And I 
think someone is working on those.

--Tim



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