Provide a method to ignore certain files
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ureadahead (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ureadahead
Wishlist:
I noticed that dropbox can have a significant impact on boot time. I personally do not consider it to be essential to the boot loading experience, but if I happen to have the daemon set to start automatically, ureadahead will trace many files read by it. (The largest entries in my home.pack are dropbox files.)
I can work around this issue by manually retracing with dropbox disabled, or delay the start of it.
What happens if I play a movie right after boot?
Or transmission starts seeding a torrent while ureadahead profiles?
Will those files be included in a pack file?
Hardcoding an ignore list is not practical for every circumstance.
Maybe a config file could be read by ureadahead, with a list of rules to follow such as ignoring files by size, extension, and path.
Another option could be to use a separate program to purge pack file entries based on a config file.
| Changed in ureadahead (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
