[Evolution] Re: libibex use-limiting patch applied

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel ximian com>]

> I've put changes into libibex that limit the number of open ibex files
> it tries to maintain at any given instance, in order to reduce the
> number of file descriptors needed for many open folders.
>
> I can't say i've tested it heavily, but it seems to work as i expect,
> and limit the number of open ibex files to 5 at a maximum
> (ibex_internal.h:IBEX_OPEN_THREASHOLD), closing the least-recently used
> files as new ones are required.

This is beautiful!

Btw, Chema and Joakim reported the same kind of problems I had with
all the open folders.  After some discussion, we found that it was the
same case.

I will update my evolution with tomorrow's snapshot and test it (I
have been loading all my email on both Gnus and Evolutoin for a couple
of months now).

Thanks a lot Michael!

Miguel.