Inkscape and OLPC

[Jon Phillips]

On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 21:46 +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 12:51:35AM +0000, Jon Phillips wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 10:25 +1100, James Cameron wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 09:55:25PM +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> > > > Isn't inkscape still a memory pig?
> >
> > [..snip..]
> > how memory leaks could bring OLPC (or other systems with limited
> > resources) to its knees quickly.
> 
> FYI, I believe inkscape uses a garbage collection strategy, at least 
> partially. Careful tuning of GC parameters may prove fruitful.

Yes, Inkscape uses the Boehm Garbage Collector. We have focused much on
memory/requirement shrinkage and will do so more in the future.

Jon

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