[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 119477] [GStreamer] Store preloaded media in webkit's cache

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119477

--- Comment #13 from Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez <clopez at igalia.com> ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > It can be used between sessions if webkit gives an appropriate name to the
> > files IIRC. But yes, it should probably go into g_get_tmp_dir(). Main
> > problem with that is that some people put /tmp on a tmpfs... so if you want
> > to watch a long enough movie, your memory runs full.
> 
> /tmp on tmpfs has been default in Fedora for several years now... 

Personally, I don't think /tmp on tmpfs is a good idea.

In the worst case (you have configured your system without swap) you end wasting precious memory space for tmp files. Which is nuts.

In the best case, you end wasting swap space and risking incurring in more swappiness related freezes than otherwise you would have.

/tmp on tmpfs supporters main argument was they were worried about incrementing their SSD wearing level more than needed. This has been exaggerated a lot. I still have to find anyone that has nuked their SSD because of not having /tmp on tmpfs.

Related:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/05/msg01092.html
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666096

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