552764 - When Gloda (Indexing) is deactivated, automatically reset/empty its global-messages-db.sqlite

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(MailNews Core :: Database, enhancement)

Description

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When Gloda (Indexing) is de-activated, automatically reset/empty its global-messages-db.sqlite in order to release hard disk space.

Currently when gloda/indexing is disabled, the global-messages-db.sqlite remains in the profile folder forever filled with obsolete data.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

This an interesting idea. But there are a few things to be adressed:
- Should it at the same time prompt regarding imap auto sync?
- Some people, testers for example, will not want the db deleted when disabling indexing

Comment 2

[rsx11m]

(In reply to comment #1)
> - Should it at the same time prompt regarding imap auto sync?

Probably only if the user decided to use IMAP synchronization. I think there is also a bug pending somewhere to automatically switch to server-side searches if the user decides to disable indexing.

> - Some people, testers for example, will not want the db deleted when disabling
> indexing

Yeah, this could/should have a prompt ("do you really?") before removing the index file. Reindexing takes considerable resources, thus it shouldn't be removed automatically if the user wants to only temporarily switch it off.

Comment 4

[rsx11m]

(In reply to comment #2)
> also a bug pending somewhere to automatically switch to server-side searches if
> the user decides to disable indexing.

That's bug 543416, at least in part (relates to offline synchronization, but the same applies to indexing switched off for message-body searches).

Comment 5

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Removing myslef on all the bugs I'm cced on. Please NI me if you need something on MailNews Core bugs from me.