From kde-pim Mon Jun 10 19:07:14 2002 From: Tobias Koenig Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:07:14 +0000 To: kde-pim Subject: Re: [Kde-pim] KPIM Workspace X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-pim&m=102373669504167 On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 08:10:38PM +0200, André Somers wrote: > On Monday 10 June 2002 19:45, Bryan Brunton wrote: > > > I was joking about dumping the current code base and using Advance. If you > > want single user PIM then kde-pim is great for that. For example, there > > are scalability issues with the flat file approach that kde-pim uses. > > Saving 1000 contacts to one large vCard file isn't a good idea; its > > difficult to search/insert/update to that file, especially in multi-user > > environment. > Which brings me to the question: is there a reason why all VCards are stored > in one file, and not using one file for each contact (with an index file > maybe)? We have already talked about it at LinuxTag and came to no real conclusion. Theoretical with the (hopefully) new libkabc (see my other mail) that would be no problem. > My guess is that it would make saving much faster, but it might slow down > loading. Correct? Hmm, it depends on... When accessing the filesystem multiple times, the kernel code should cache it. Maybe we could implement it and make some benchmarks. Nevertheless I think it should have a lesser priority atm and we should concentrate at the framework. Ciao, Tobias -- In a world without walls and fences who needs Windows and Gates??? _______________________________________________ kde-pim mailing list kde-pim@mail.kde.org http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-pim kde-pim home page at http://pim.kde.org/