Bug#44807: Hayes randomize mode unusable

[Neil Stevens]

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On Saturday July 06, 2002 03:47, Carsten Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Saturday 06 July 2002 22:16, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > Well, as it turns out, it's hard to get a well-distributed shuffle
> > mode when you have a policy of not opening directories in the
> > KFileTreeView unless absolutely necessary.
>
> I see -- you don't know the entire domain before.
>
> What do you think of this idea:
>
> You start with reading the toplevel directory, so you know its contents
> (files and directories). Every file gets a weight of 1, every directory
> a weight of say 50 (just a guessed number).
>
> Now you choose a random file in the toplevel hierarchy. Directories will
> have a higher probability to get hit, due to their bigger weight. As
> soon as a directory is chosen, you read its contents, and adjust its
> weight accordingly (sum of the weight of all its files + its
> directories).
>
> Repeat this until you have chosen a file.

Heh.. you just rewrote exactly my idea that I plan to implement, almost 
word for word how I described it. :-)

The biggest reason Hayes hasn't had it done already is that Hayes' position 
in the release was uncertain.. I was waiting on it moving to nonbeta or 
extragear or addons or something.

thanks!

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil at qualityassistant.com
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