So this is really cool. Based on recent checkin comments, it looks like
you can actually display messages now. Is there any chance that when
the branch becomes "usable" for some minimal definition of usable, that
someone could periodically make branch builds available for the lamers
like me who are too lazy/too busy/whatever to do their own builds?
Having to wait two months to see the amazing speedup would be
unfortunate, I think. You probably have better things to do with your
time, but I guess it can't hurt to ask.
Scott Putterman wrote:
> For those interested in the progress, here's the status of the mailnews
> performance branch.
>
> There is now only one thread pane so you can see folder loading. It's
> very fast. There's also a date column which you can sort by. Selection
> works (try shift-selecting from top to bottom and see how fast it is)
> and you can now display messages. Things are moving along nicely, but
> it's still a work in progress. So as I mentioned before, please no bug
> filing yet. If you're interested in seeing the progress, pull the
> branch and build it. So far, all of the performance gains we've hoped
> for are holding up.
>
> Scott
