Re: !Cache

In article <20160909125304.GN3913@platypus.pepperfish.net>,
Rob Kendrick <rjek@netsurf-browser.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 01:37:42PM +0100, Richard Torrens (lists) wrote:
> > But I have replaced !Cache.Caches.Default.Netsurf with a zip archive
> > called Netsurf. This appeasrs to work fine, currently it's 492K -
> > with 75 directories in it.

> Replacing the directory with an image filing system using a file format
> that is not designed for random access will render the cache totally and
> utterly pointless unless you're on 3600 baud internet. Perhaps not even
> then.

Yes indeed. In addition, as a zip file grows, the updating of it gets
noticeably slower and slower, as it has more and more shuffling to do.
(or at least SparkFS does).

You may find that after deleting your cache, and then using the latest
version, the cache is better behaved. I am sure that my 300 empty
directories out of 6000+ is better than it used to be. Time will tell.

Ha! I have just noticed that the 'latest' RISC OS version is actually
rather older than I thought according to About this Program ...
3.5 (6th April 1016)

Martin