Re: [Pan-users] 64 bits fails as solution to large binary groups

[Ron Johnson]

On 10/11/2011 12:33 AM, Duncan wrote:
> Ron Johnson posted on Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:19:51 -0500 as excerpted:
>
> > On 10/10/2011 04:55 AM, Duncan wrote:
> > > Ron Johnson posted on Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:15:24 -0500 as excerpted:
> > [snip]
> > > The biggest problem is pan's assumption that it has all the information
> > > necessary to maintain its threading structure in memory at all times.
> > > In ordered to really allow pan to become a disk-based client, to store
> > > most of that info on disk and only read in a rather smaller limited
> > > working set at once, pan really needs some sort of header indexing or
> > > at least hashing system devised, such that it can figure out what info
> > > it needs to read in from disk, from a vastly larger on-disk store, in
> > > ordered to work with and properly thread, at a minimum, the currently
> > > displayed article headers, likely plus some pages from the article list
> > > before and after the currently displayed set.
> > Two years ago, I suggested using SQLite.  "No!!!  It sucks over NFS!!"
> > and "Use 64 bits" were the responses.
>
> Umm.. could you point out the threads?  (Just name them by date, subject
> and preferably original thread-start poster.  I have the list archive
> going back to 2002 for both lists, from gmane, with user I believe all
> cached locally as well.)

July 2009 for the NFS suggestion.

Late March 2011 for "Use 64 bits".

[snip]
> Which means it's either you, or find someone, or it very likely simply
> won't happen.
>
> Or maybe a collaboration of you and hmueller or some such.  If you've the
> skills and are interested, even if you don't have the time to do it all
> yourself, do at least talk it over with hmueller and khaley.  Perhaps
> they can help and it can get done, even if you don't have the time to do
> it all yourself.

I could do that...

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