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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] KPIM Workspace
From:       Tobias Koenig <tokoe82 () yahoo ! de>
Date:       2002-06-10 19:07:14
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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
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