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Originally Posted by K. Molen
Thank you both for responding. I can certainly understand the logic behind doing what was done. I for one wish that optional manual storage management had been included as an advanced option during install, but I obviously understand why it won't ever be.  |
I am not sure that it will NEVER appear! Just that it is unlikely to happen any time soon.
There has been a long-running project to change the way that Calibre interfaces to its database and underlying file store to support multi-user working. Even this change which on the face of it sounds relatively easy is proving non-trivial. I believe that Kovid has been working on this part time for a year or two already. The problem is how to evolve towards the target change without breaking everything and also keeping performance acceptable. With there already being millions of users of Calibre then this is important. Also the weekly release schedule underlying the Calibre development methodology means a process of small incremental changes is desirable.