Disk space limiting logic does not trigger, Downloaded folder grows too huge

[andrewm659]

In previous versions there were disk space limits. Looks like that has been removed in 0.8.4

[tyxxzjpdez]

My version is v0.8.3 from ubuntu PPA. And I have the same problem. It means that I have to delete some wallpaper by hand in order to save my disk space. It is really troublesome.

[nogre]

I also would like this feature reactivated. Even if there was only a notification that a space limit was reached, as opposed to automatically deleting images, it would be preferable to having to manually checking disk space usage.

[peterlevi]

Only the UI for this feature has been removed, because the defaults are good-enough for most users, while putting a wrong number there could have bad effects for users who didn't understand the setting. By default there is a limit of 1gb. Everything around the feature is still editable via the config: https://github.com/varietywalls/variety/blob/master/data/config/variety.conf#L20.

[nogre]

Well, it then appears that the quota isn't working for me. This install has been running a very long time and maybe I screwed something up a while ago. Hopefully a reinstall will fix it. Thanks for the great program.

[peterlevi]

@nogre thanks for raising the issue. I checked the logic and there is a bug that I have introduced last July with d7e686d, related to the recent significant changes to downloading. Committing a fix to the logic. Otherwise my position regarding the UI is still that it's not needed (as long as the defaults actually work and are not broken as was the case...).