Re: storage fragmentation

[Michael Meeks <michael helixcode com>]

Hi Dietmar,

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Dietmar Maurer wrote:
> I suggest to implement a need_compaction() function for each driver.
> If it return TRUE we can do a save_as in order to compact the file.

	Not for Gnome 1.4, I'm sorry but this is a feature too far. For
Gnome 2.0 we can look at the issue. If the driver notices there is a
horrendously bad packing it could do this feasibly as the file was closed
without the need for more API complexity and change.

	Regards,

		Michael.

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