GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 94684
1G Maximum cache size to small
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
I often have trouble with posts being erased before I can look at them, because the cache simply isn't big enough at 1G, the largest the spin-buttons will allow it to go. I am on a cable modem, and often d/l a gig or more in a single session, particularly when I d/l several days worth of binaries at once. I discovered I can set the cache higher, manually, as a config file edit, and have it set to 4G, of which I normally use 2G. The problem is that editing the preferences with the GUI sometimes resets the value to 1G. I'm guessing this is an easy fix, changing one number in one location, but could you please set that max to, say, 10G, or something? The defaults could remain, for a normal install, but the 10G max cache size would allow those that needed it to use it. I'm installing from RPM, or I might try attempting to track it down myself.
Fixed in CVS and will be in 0.13.1. I felt generous, so I gave you 20 GB. :)
Cool! =:^) I always wondered how such a decent binaries news tool could have such a small max cache in today's age of 100G plus drives. 20G should be an adequate max cache size, well, until 10Mbps Ethernet or better internet connections and 1 Terabyte drives become standard. <g>