[OSM-talk] JOSM should delete image caches on exit
Shaun McDonald
shaun at shaunmcdonald.me.uk
Sun Jan 12 21:57:50 UTC 2014
On 12 Jan 2014, at 21:32, moltonel 3x Combo <moltonel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/01/2014, hbogner <hbogner at gmail.com> wrote:
>> No it should not delete cache on exit!!!
>>
>> Possibility to chose that would be OK, but automatic delete would be
>> terrible.
>
> Agreed. The usual configurarion for caches is a maximal disk usage,
> deleting LRU entries when that size is reached. That's far better than
> flushing the cache at certain points in time. Give it a good default
> value (500MB ?) and most users will never need to worry about the
> feature.
>
If it’s configurable then those with slower internet connections thus want a larger cache, and those who prefer a smaller cache to minimise disk space usage can both be happy.
Shaun
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