Andres,

>> * moved sessions dir to w3af's tmp dir (currently /tmp/w3af/PID/). This
>> change makes possible to clean up these unnecessary files after w3af
>> finish its work.
>
>      I'm not 100% sure about this change, let me explain why:
>
> * I see the great benefit in having this in the /tmp/ directory (your
> disk shouldn't fill because each time you reboot all the "w3af garbage
> disappears)
Furthermore if w3af finishs its work correctly then these files also 
will be deleted.
> * I also see that in a multi-user environment user A running a w3af
> scan would be exposing to all the other users which targets he's
> scanning
Agree, but in any case we need to change mode for w3af's temp dir to 
drwx------. It will fix this issue.

> * /tmp/ directory usually has a disk partition quota, which might be
> filled very quickly
Agree, so I suggest changing TEMP_DIR e.g. to ~/.w3af/tmp

>      If we solve the last two points (not sure how), there wouldn't be
> any issues with doing this.
>
>> If you don't mind I will commit it to the trunk: fresh histrory.py and
>> gtkOutput.py
>>
>> By the way do we need gtkOutput plugin now? Currently only Queue
>> functionality is in it.
>
>      Could you please refresh my mind regarding the self.queue
> attribute? Where/When is it used?
Goood question! I also don't remember when is it used :)
And simple grep didn't make any results.
>
>> [0] https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/w3af/changeset/4850
>>
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