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Bug 505913 - Import dialog blocks when scanning large volumes
Import dialog blocks when scanning large volumes
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: f-spot
Classification: Other
Component: Import
SVN
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: 0.7.0
Assigned To: F-spot maintainers
F-spot maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-12-27 16:20 UTC by Tim Retout
Modified: 2010-06-18 12:40 UTC
See Also:
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Description Tim Retout 2007-12-27 16:20:47 UTC 
"Open the import dialog and select the root directory of some volume containing a large filesystem ( eg. select / ).

The UI becomes unresponsive and the application appears to be crashed while it scans the folder ( which may take extremely long )."

This was originally reported in Debian (#341790) and Ubuntu (#59310):
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=341790
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/f-spot/+bug/59310

There are two slightly different bugs already in Bugzilla:
 * bug #336257 talks about having to wait to click 'Import' (but that does not cover whether or not the GUI blocks during that time)
 * bug #338568 talks about running the import in the background (but again, that could just be a higher-level issue)
Comment 1 Lucas Rocha 2009-09-10 00:33:49 UTC 
A general guideline to be always kept in mind: IO operations should never be done synchronously[1].

[1] http://log.ometer.com/2008-09.html#7
Comment 2 Stephane Delcroix 2009-09-10 07:08:50 UTC 
@Lucas: the import process is meant to be reworked as soon as possible. We're aware of this issue.
Comment 3 Ruben Vermeersch 2010-06-18 12:40:13 UTC 
This is fixed now.