Re: Will Gnome _EVER_ be stable?

[jg pa dec com (Jim Gettys)]

The fact that Gnome can leave your machine in a unusable state (to the
point of being unable to log in) when it runs out of disk space, without
once warning you it is dying, is *not* a feature.

What I would hope is when key data needs to be written, the return code
from write would be checked, the user warned if it is out of space,
and a retry possible.

Right now, you can lose entirely this way (as I did week before last).
			- Jim

> To: Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>
> Cc: stanb awod com, gnome-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Will Gnome _EVER_ be stable?
> -----
> No, GNOME has never self destructed on me.  Even in the "October GNOME"
> days, which was over a year ago, I have never had GNOME "self-destruct"
> in the way you are describing. 
> 
> Here is my thought:  If you disk filled up, how are you supposed to
> assume an application would be able to save its data?  I don't really
> think this is GNOME's problem, but rather the fact that you need a
> bigger hard drive.
> 


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Jim Gettys
Cambridge Research Laboratory
Compaq Computer Corporation
jg pa dec com