[MonoDevelop] Which >8K files is MonoDevelop monitoring using inotify watches?

[Martin Olsson]

Robert Jordan wrote:
> On 13.03.2010 22:20, Martin Olsson wrote:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/408981
>> http://monodevelop.com/Inotify_Watches_Limit
>>
>> I read the wiki but I can't figure out one thing.
>> What does MonoDevelop need eight _thousand_ inotify watches
>> for before I have even opened a solution/project?
> 
> It does not need them at this moment. It's just emitting
> the warning at this stage.

Ok, but what hypothetical use do you have for 8K inotify watches?

This warning happens both with Ubuntu Lucid and Ubuntu Lucid coupled
with a mainline .34-rc1 kernel. I assume the warning does not appear
in OpenSUSE? If so, is that because OpenSUSE carries a kernel patch
that changes the default maximum inotify watches limit?



		Martin