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BetterRed · 05-23-2014, 06:08 PM

@theducks - I was one of those who ran into the long file name glitch, but I don't recall any clean-up tools, I'm sure I would remember if I'd used one - but age plays tricks with memory. In the 2-3 years I've been using calibre I can't recall any calibre 'clean-up/fix-up tools'

IIRC Kovid wrote that one of the reasons he is careful to avoid changes to the database - even to remove legacy redundancies - is that it would require some sort of fix-up which inevitably would result in a lot of support 'calls'. And he also said that db schema hadn't been changed for 2-3 years - which given the enhancements that have been made over that time is pretty remarkable

Like you I don't skip updates. If I'm away for a few, I will download and install each one, do a few tests and look at new features and bug fixes and then install the next one.

BR

05-23-2014, 06:08 PM	#22
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,852 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@theducks - I was one of those who ran into the long file name glitch, but I don't recall any clean-up tools, I'm sure I would remember if I'd used one - but age plays tricks with memory. In the 2-3 years I've been using calibre I can't recall any calibre 'clean-up/fix-up tools' IIRC Kovid wrote that one of the reasons he is careful to avoid changes to the database - even to remove legacy redundancies - is that it would require some sort of fix-up which inevitably would result in a lot of support 'calls'. And he also said that db schema hadn't been changed for 2-3 years - which given the enhancements that have been made over that time is pretty remarkable Like you I don't skip updates. If I'm away for a few, I will download and install each one, do a few tests and look at new features and bug fixes and then install the next one. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 05-23-2014 at 06:15 PM.