Re: possible optimization

[Christian Kellner <gicmo xatom net>]

Hi,

> 
> The two attached patches avoids this, and testing with strace shows that
> before applying we stat each file in a subdirectory of the displayed
> file, whereas after we only do a readdir of each subdirectory. 

Nice!
> 
> Unfortunately the gnome-vfs patch adds a piece of API. Should we try to
> get this into gnome 2.14? Opinions?

I think the "API" change is simple enough to see that it doesn't break
anything on the first look. Also 2.14 is like the speed-optimization
release of GNOME so I guess that patch would fit into the release pretty
well. I think we should try to push it ...

Cheers,
Chrissy