Public bug reported: The cross-desktop thumbnail spec contains no provision for removing thumbnails, and as a result, the thumbnail cache (~/.cache/thumbnails) can grow without limit. For some users with large numbers of images, the cache can wind up taking up quite a lot of space and even causing free space issues. We should consider setting a maximum size for the cache, or removing old thumbnails not accessed in the last few years, or something like that.
More information, including proposed cleanup scripts, can be found in the following upstream KDE bug report that was reported to track this issue: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79943 ** Affects: thumbnailer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to thumbnailer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1782613 Title: Periodically remove very old thumbnails or cap thumbnail cache size to avoid filling up disk with thumbnails Status in thumbnailer package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The cross-desktop thumbnail spec contains no provision for removing thumbnails, and as a result, the thumbnail cache (~/.cache/thumbnails) can grow without limit. For some users with large numbers of images, the cache can wind up taking up quite a lot of space and even causing free space issues. We should consider setting a maximum size for the cache, or removing old thumbnails not accessed in the last few years, or something like that. More information, including proposed cleanup scripts, can be found in the following upstream KDE bug report that was reported to track this issue: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79943 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thumbnailer/+bug/1782613/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
