IO thrashing checking for file existence

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen]

When adding files to the model we stat() the URI each and every time. We need something which is more IO-friendly. Mikkel and Neil has concocted some evil plans for this...

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup)]

For reference see bug #489194 in Zeitgeist: "Implement storage monitor (devices and connectivity)".

This is The Right Fix (TM) but will probably not be ready for Maverick

[Alex Launi (alexlauni)]

Is this still an issue? I just grepped the source and don't see any calls to stat, and afaik File.new_for_uri doesn't actually stat the file.

[Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)]

@Alex: setting all as invalid. It's still

[Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)]

it's still an issue, but the new the zg release fixes it (not unity related)

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup)]

Yes, it's still and issue, but what @didrocks says is not entirely true. The latest Zeitgeist releases 0.7.0 doesn't fox this. There is a chance that 0.8 might fix it, but the code has not landed in ZG trunk yet, so there is no guarantee.

@Alex: The stat() is hiding under file.query_exists()