Re: [Pan-users] Pan cannot handle large numbers of headers?

[John Wendel]

Phillip Pi wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 10:21:31AM -0700, John Wendel wrote:
>
> > Phillip Pi wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Is it me or does Pan v0.14.2.91 fail to handle large numbers of headers 
> >
> > > from a newsgroup? I tried to download about 3,044,000 headers from 
> >
> > > alt.binaries.hdtv newsgroup. My computer choked at about 1,900,000 headers 
> > > when I came back from a 30 minutes break. HDD light was spinning, m KDE 
> > > v3.3.4 was frozen and not responsive. I had to kill Pan via SSH. Of course 
> > > that was slow as heck too. I eventually to kill X server because stuff was 
> > > broken.
> > >
> > > I am using an Athlon XP 2200+ with 1 GB of RAM. Isn't that enough or is 
> > > Pan not optimized for this big number of headers?
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance. :)
> >
> >
> > Known problem, mostly fixed in the CVS version.  Just run these commands 
> > to build yourself a version that works (with a few random bugs).
> >
> >
> > > export CVSROOT=":pserver:address@hidden:/cvs/gnome"
> >
> > > cvs login
> >
> > > cvs -z3 checkout pan
> >
> > > cd pan
> >
> > > ./autogen.sh
> >
> > > make
>
>
> Before I attempt to try it. Is the CVS version currently stable enough to
> use? When is the next version coming out (estimate is fine)?

I've been using CVS for a few months now, it crashes once in a while, 
but it has never broken anything and it always restarts just where it 
quit. There are a few binary files that will make it crash, some strange 
par2 file that it doesn't like, so I just don't download them. All 
things considered, I'm much happier with CVS than with the last release. 
I can't see any reason to use the old version.

You can keep your old version, and just install the new pan in your own 
private bin directory. It seems to switch between versions OK, with some 
minor complaints. I haven't run the old version in months however, so 
this advice may be wrong.

Only the developers know when the next version will be ready. I wish I 
had the smarts to help.

Regards,

John