Re: [rox-devel] Suggestion Box: Limit Thumbnails

[Ken H. <ke...@ha...>]

Peter wrote:
> I was recently observing a backup and was surprised to see the size of
> .thumbnails/normal. I had over 6000 files totalling 100+MB. I wanted to
> suggest a browser-like approach to limiting directory size and growth.
> 
> Implement two additional options for Thumbnails under Rox/Options.
> 
> 1: Limit directory by a set size in MB
> 2: Limit directory by number of discreet entries.
> 
> I realize the directory can be purged manually. But for me, 25MB of
> thumbnails or 1000 files would have been plenty.
> 
> As the directory fills, the files can be purged in first in first deleted
> order.
> 
> JM2C.
> 

I think you need a 'least recently accessed' model, not a 'least recently created' one.  Otherwise 
you could end up recreating some thumbnails too often.