Is this still an issue? I just grepped the source and don't see any calls to stat, and afaik File.new_for_uri doesn't actually stat the file.
** Changed in: unity Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: unity-place-files Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: unity-place-files (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607206 Title: IO thrashing checking for file existence -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs