Re: b-a-s .server files & cold start ...

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 09:51 +0000, michael meeks wrote:
> So,
> 
> 	Reading loads of scattered files is bad for cold start - as we all
> know; I was just poking at the .server files that we parse on login:
> and, it turns out there are a ton of scattered files [ which are also
> biggish - due to the non-scalable in-line translation scheme sadly
> but ... ].
> 
> 	Anyhow - so we could trivially merge a load of these by just grouping
> together .server files:
> 
> 	+ Merge gnome-applets .server files - 18 -> 1
> 	+ Merge Evolution .server files - 6 -> 2
> 	+ Merge bonobo .server files - 4 -> 1
> 	+ Merge VFS .server files: 2 -> 1
> 
> 	+ Net saving: 25 files (of 64) => 40% fewer files.
> 
> 	Since we have to read them all at startup anyway, there should be no
> performance loss; also - should be rather easy to do in the source.
> 
> 	I guess the biggest win is in gnome-applets ...
> 
built packages with these in: http://w3.suse.de/~rodrigo
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>