Closed
Bug 114210
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 23 years ago
Can't compact on startup when also downloading new messages
Categories
(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
DUPLICATE
of bug 101584
People
(Reporter: superbiskit, Unassigned)
References
Details
The present situation, with an uncompacted archive, is that on mail-news startup
the user is offered a modal dialog "Do you want to compact folders to save disk
space?". If she chooses "Yes" the program gets into a resource conflict because
it attempts to start compacting and to do the initial login & transfer fom the
server.
Alternative solutions:
(1) Have the disk-compaction procedure delay the transfer until it is finished.
This would be rather like delaying the transfer when the INBOX.MSF file needs
to be rebuilt.
OR
(2) MY FAVORITE: Move the "Do you want to compact folders . . ." function to
user-signoff. This behavior would be pretty much what Netscape used to do on exit.
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Updated•23 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Updated•23 years ago
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Severity: normal → enhancement
Comment 1•23 years ago
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reassigning to naving.
When you say resource conflict, what exactly happens?
Assignee: mscott → naving
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Comment 2•23 years ago
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OK, not phrased well. The program is trying to simultaneously do two things
that in can't do simultaneously: compact a folder (usually the inbox) and
download into the same folder. My slightly-informed guess is that the download
locks the file so the compaction cannot run.
Dispite my [RFE], on second thought the conflict does sound like a bug to me.
Updated•23 years ago
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Severity: enhancement → normal
Keywords: nsbeta1
Summary: [RFE] Request Synchronizing Initial Compaction with Download → Can't compact on startup when also downloading new messages
Comment 3•23 years ago
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conflict is not a bug as long as there is no dataloss. marking invalid
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Comment 4•23 years ago
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It's a bug if the user chooses to compact and get new messages and one of them
doesn't work. We shouldn't ask them for something that can't be done or we
should make it work.
Comment 5•23 years ago
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Both are like two different operations operating on the same folder. The user
can start downloading and then right click and start compacting, he should know
that one of the operations will not be possible because both are writing to
the same folder.
Comment 6•23 years ago
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Right, so in your case I'd argue that we should disable Compact Folder when
downloading is happening.
In the case in this bug, the user isn't really choosing anything. The app is
asking the user and the user says yes to both. If we can't do it, we shouldn't
be asking it.
Comment 7•23 years ago
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It is just very difficult to share the state thru the menus etc...
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Comment 8•23 years ago
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Navin, that's just ****!
If it isn't a bug when a feature is presented that cannot then be used, I don't
know what it is. At least take it back to RFE as I originally submitted it.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
Comment 9•23 years ago
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*** Bug 114302 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10•23 years ago
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Just fyi.. There is also another reporter who has commented bug 114298 about
compacting behavior currently. He also comments that compacting should do be
done while leaving vs on start up.
Comment 11•23 years ago
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from bug 114302:
My considerations for this enhancement:
But keeping the following things in mind:
a. people should be able to get what they want as fast as possible without
interruption
Also...
when you open mail news and let mozilla compress it immediately starts
doenloading mail and thus giving an errormessage. so:
b. mozilla should check on if compression is still working and if so wait with
the automatic download till it's done.
Comment 12•23 years ago
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Maybe another option to consider is to compact folders that aren't being read in
the background. this would especially be helpful for people who have their
mailclietn open all day (like me :)
Updated•23 years ago
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Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
Updated•23 years ago
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Comment 13•23 years ago
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Marking this bug a dup of 101584 because the solution suggested will prevent
from this bug happening.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 101584 ***
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago → 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: MailNews → Core
Assignee | ||
Updated•17 years ago
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Product: Core → MailNews Core
Comment 15•16 years ago
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dependent is better than dupe, IMO.
see also bug 286888
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