On Wednesday 27 September 2006 09:40, fred wrote: > Csv4Me2 wrote: > > On Wednesday 27 September 2006 07:26, fred wrote: > >> Hey Charles > >> > >> I am using 0.114 and still using up tons of memory 1.9gb/2.0gb + 4gb of > >> swap. Trying to get all the headers for A.B.dvd from giganews. > >> FC5,2.6.17-1.2187_FC5smp, once it hits the end of the swap it just stops > >> responing. It compiled without error and make check passed. Any > >> suggestions? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Lazlow > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pan-users mailing list > >> Pan-users@nongnu.org > >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users > > > > What do you expect from a group with 30.000.000+ messsages ? > > Giganews retention period of three months or more isn't always a > > blessing, or even necessary. > > When I downloaded all the headers (3G of headers alone) of that group pan > > eventually built a single group file of 1750 M !!!, and it's all stored > > in core just before that :-) > > Not a bug but reaching the physical limits of your box, I guess. > > > > my 2 cents > > > > C > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pan-users mailing list > > Pan-users@nongnu.org > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users > > I agree that I have apparently reached the physical limits of my machine > with pan the way it is now. But I believe that the trend of longer > retention times and more posts will only continue to grow. I also > believe that the majority of machines out there do not have any more > physcial resources than I do (with the majority probably having less). > If we assume both of those statements are true then something should > change. I have no idea how much work it would take to do a save after x > mb of headers or if it is even possible. If Charles says he is not going > to do it, that is his choice. It is his show. Not informing him of the > issue would be depriving him of that choice. > > Thanks > Lazlow > > > _______________________________________________ > Pan-users mailing list > Pan-users@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
Yeah, I second that. Handling extremely groups should be possible on machines with a small memory footprint, say 512 Mb. That will probably mean a major overhaul in how pan manages loading, sorting and aggregating all those multiparts. And perhaps Charles will make that choice, I hope he does. You were/are definitely right mentioning this. C Pan, the choice of the GNU generation :-) _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
