[evolution] Never ever pre-fetch anything in EClientSelector



commit 662ed02cc773a4fd2d90edea3b6dd9f4b80d2ba8
Author: Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>
Date:   Fri Mar 1 16:46:19 2013 +0100

    Never ever pre-fetch anything in EClientSelector
    
    That's the worst idea for many reasons, couple examples:
     - password prompts after evolution's run for disabled (in selector) sources
     - too much unnecessary network I/O (most remote backends runs sync on open)
     - doesn't do what user told it to do (Unselected means unselected. Dot.)
     - unable to debug anything in factories when it misbehaves this way
    
    Next time ask peers, users and usability experts for their opinion, before doing such decision.

 e-util/e-client-selector.c |   36 ------------------------------------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/e-util/e-client-selector.c b/e-util/e-client-selector.c
index 1c3a71e..802310f 100644
--- a/e-util/e-client-selector.c
+++ b/e-util/e-client-selector.c
@@ -132,21 +132,6 @@ client_selector_client_created_cb (EClientCache *client_cache,
 }
 
 static void
-client_selector_prefetch_cb (GObject *source_object,
-                             GAsyncResult *result,
-                             gpointer user_data)
-{
-       EClient *client;
-
-       /* We don't care about errors here.  This is just to try and
-        * get the EClient instances we'll need cached ahead of time. */
-       client = e_client_selector_get_client_finish (
-               E_CLIENT_SELECTOR (source_object), result, NULL);
-
-       g_clear_object (&client);
-}
-
-static void
 client_selector_client_notify_cb (EClientCache *client_cache,
                                   EClient *client,
                                   GParamSpec *pspec,
@@ -239,12 +224,9 @@ client_selector_constructed (GObject *object)
 {
        EClientSelector *selector;
        EClientCache *client_cache;
-       ESourceRegistry *registry;
        GtkTreeView *tree_view;
        GtkTreeViewColumn *column;
        GtkCellRenderer *renderer;
-       const gchar *extension_name;
-       GList *list, *link;
        gulong handler_id;
 
        selector = E_CLIENT_SELECTOR (object);
@@ -288,24 +270,6 @@ client_selector_constructed (GObject *object)
        selector->priv->client_notify_online_handler_id = handler_id;
 
        g_object_unref (client_cache);
-
-       /* Pre-fetch EClient instances for all relevant ESources.
-        * This is just to try and make sure they get cached ahead
-        * of time, so we need not worry about reporting errors. */
-
-       registry = e_source_selector_get_registry (
-               E_SOURCE_SELECTOR (selector));
-       extension_name = e_source_selector_get_extension_name (
-               E_SOURCE_SELECTOR (selector));
-
-       list = e_source_registry_list_sources (registry, extension_name);
-
-       for (link = list; link != NULL; link = g_list_next (link))
-               e_client_selector_get_client (
-                       selector, E_SOURCE (link->data), NULL,
-                       client_selector_prefetch_cb, NULL);
-
-       g_list_free_full (list, (GDestroyNotify) g_object_unref);
 }
 
 static void


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