#5228 HIGH Update.: launching activities is slow

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#5228: launching activities is slow
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  Reporter:  tomeu   |       Owner:  tomeu      
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new        
  Priority:  high    |   Milestone:  Update.2   
 Component:  sugar   |     Version:             
Resolution:          |    Keywords:  performance
  Verified:  0       |    Blocking:             
 Blockedby:          |  
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Changes (by mtd):

 * cc: mtd (added)


Comment:

 FWIW, some timing data along the most recent example's lines:

 {{{
 trac_5228_tests.sh v:1.0
              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
 Mem:        237844     229740       8104          0          0      95240
 -/+ buffers/cache:     134500     103344
 Swap:            0          0          0
 PQ2D10
 C2
 update.1 690

 --------
 numpy...

 real    0m39.927s
 user    0m36.560s
 sys     0m1.110s
 --------
 gtk...

 real    0m7.027s
 user    0m6.020s
 sys     0m0.560s
 --------
 telepathy...

 real    0m13.262s
 user    0m11.830s
 sys     0m0.770s
 --------
 dbus...

 real    0m2.638s
 user    0m2.320s
 sys     0m0.300s
 --------
 cairo...

 real    0m1.298s
 user    0m1.070s
 sys     0m0.230s
 --------
 sys...

 real    0m1.059s
 user    0m0.870s
 sys     0m0.180s
 --------
 baseline (just pass)...

 real    0m1.402s
 user    0m0.940s
 sys     0m0.150s
 }}}

 Script:

 {{{
 #!/bin/bash
 echo "trac_5228_tests.sh v:1.0"
 free
 for f in /ofw/ec-name /ofw/model /boot/olpc_build ; do
     echo `cat $f`
 done
 echo
 for c in numpy gtk telepathy dbus cairo sys ; do
     echo "--------" ;
     echo $c... ;
     time for i in `seq 1 10`; do python -c "import $c" ; done
 done
 echo "--------" ;
 echo "baseline (just pass)..."
 time for i in `seq 1 10`; do python -c "pass" ; done
 }}}

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