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[PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification
Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 20:17:25 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> How about dropping the Dired special case for the time being?
>
> That's too drastic, IMO.  Feel free to push the original patch.

I agree with Eli, we would loose too much. A directory might not change
for hours, polling for this every 5 seconds is expensive. Think about a
remote directory, for example.

> Thanks.

Best regards, Michael.

PS: I hope to find tomorrow the time to review the patch.

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