[Bug 822734] New: KDE and fam/gamin/inotify: use inotify, get rid of fam/gamin support.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822734 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822734#c0 Summary: KDE and fam/gamin/inotify: use inotify, get rid of fam/gamin support. Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: KDE4 Workspace AssignedTo: kde-maintainers@suse.de ReportedBy: jnelson-suse@jamponi.net QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:21.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/21.0 Due to a plethora of problems with gamin lately (unresponsive/hung gam-server processes), I removed it. Trying fam - which doesn't work even out of the box with systemd (filed a bug), made me think: - fam isn't maintained. - gamin hasn't been especially stable - inotify, however, has been around a while and seems to work. Can fam/gamin support be removed from KDE and replaced/supplemented with inotify? Our startkde.suse.sh script still sets USE_FAM, for what that's worth. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822734 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822734#c1 Hrvoje Senjan <hrvoje.senjan@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO CC| |hrvoje.senjan@gmail.com InfoProvider| |jnelson-suse@jamponi.net --- Comment #1 from Hrvoje Senjan <hrvoje.senjan@gmail.com> 2013-09-05 23:33:15 UTC --- It *does* use INotify by default, e.g. dolphin(14311)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::KDirWatchPrivate: Can't use FAM (fam daemon not running?) dolphin(14311)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::KDirWatchPrivate: INotify available: true (afaik, fam is only used on NFS, etc...) I think that is sufficient? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822734 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822734#c2 Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse@jamponi.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW InfoProvider|jnelson-suse@jamponi.net | --- Comment #2 from Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse@jamponi.net> 2013-11-04 17:46:13 UTC --- Seems better in openSUSE 13.1 However, libkdecore still depends on libfam0. It would be best if kde were compiled without fam support entirely. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822734 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822734#c3 Hrvoje Senjan <hrvoje.senjan@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #3 from Hrvoje Senjan <hrvoje.senjan@gmail.com> 2013-11-04 17:52:45 UTC --- One extra library is definitely not lethal overhead. Furthermore, as i mentioned already, it is needed by remote FS's like e.g. NFS. You can even contol the method via kdeglobals for which default on local FS's is INotify. Closing. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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