On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 02:00, Ben Maurer wrote: [...] > In the long term, Mono can potentially reduce our performance problems.
In the short term, there are performance problems and Mono will worsen them. [...] > IMHO, we should define a process that does not start "Python is bloated, > C# is bloated. Lets not use them". We must establish clear guidelines as > to what is allowed. When talking about performance, talk in megabytes, not > languages. A good start would be: let's take an old (but still existing) platform, like a pIII with 128 or 256 Mb RAM, and have a basic desktop running fine on it. "Basic desktop": - panel + a few applets (including power manager, network-manager ...) - nautilus - epiphany - evolution "Running fine": - be responsive - don't swap too much - no need to restart apps each day As said elsewhere, temporary apps (like a menu editor) don't matter but long-running ones (mailer, panel, applets, filemanager) should have a deterministic, capped memory usage. Xav _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list