On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 01:53:52PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 01:21:03PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > I think this is the time to check it in -- with the trivial > > > renames you propose. We're not close to a trunk release so any > > > bugs will get ironed out in a timely manner. > > > > I'd like to see some performance measures first, lest we paint > > ourselves into a corner here. > > An entirely unscientific test (sitting in front of the computer and > counting) yields ~4s for loading the UserGuide before applying the patch > and ~13s afterwards. There is some additional debug output, but I don't > think the resulting scrolling in the terminal accounts for all of those > nine extra seconds.
Looks better with the debug output disabled. Still: > So please: Produce some numbers showing that there are no inacceptable > regressions wrt to performance. A performance degradation by a factor of > 3 for loading documents does not look like a good start. Also, loading the UserGuide and keeping <PageDown> pressed gets stuck at some point of time. Also, on the way there the cursor is sometimes off-screen. Maybe you can also get in touch with Alfredo. He spent quite some time with the current architecture so he might be aware of more pitfalls than I am. Andre'
