Comment 4 for bug 10821

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Jeff Waugh (jdub) wrote :

Okay, silly me, this makes sense whether we're using inotify or dnotify. They
can't monitor non-existent files, so gamin has to poll. DV would accept a patch
that monitors the closest existing parent directory, and drills down as new
directories appear. It's kinda tricky to do well, though.

That said, I'll leave this as major - it has a dramatically bad effect on power
usage. :-)