Re: GUADEC Hacking

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Sean Middleditch wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 18:21 +0100, Jamie McCracken wrote:
>
> > The culprit is pretty obviously GConf which is why I'm glad DConf is 
> > considering having a DB backend to address this. The short term fixes 
>
>
> First off, that is not at all "obvious."  Any evidence to show that it's
> the major culprit?

yes we know its disk seeks that are causing the problem and secondly 
GConf is the most disk intensive service at start up and lastly due to 
its design of having loads of files that need to be read. Put all three 
together...



> Second, DConf does not exist, let's not bring it into any discussions
> regarding the fixing of GConf.  There is no guarantee that DConf will
> *ever* exist.  Worry about the here and now.  :)

I didn't! I only mentioned the fact that is was considering using a DB - 
Im not saying we should wait for it as GConf will get slower as it grows 
in the meantime.


jamie.