This appears to be caused by apt_check / apt_check.run().
Exchanging
result = apt_check.run()
with
result = (0, 0)
in /usr/bin/update-notifier-kde prevents this growth of memory usage (there's
minor growing still though - according to ps).
apt_check is in /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt_check.py (from update-
notifier-common).
I've quickly looked into it: it used apt_pkg, which may be causing it.
btw: a comment in update-notifier-kde says that the whole checkNewPackages may
not be required in the future:
checkNewPackages = True #kpackagekit has a new package notifier but it's
broken so use this
Looks like some memory profiling is required here.
** Changed in: update-notifier-kde (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: update-notifier-kde (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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Memory leak in update-notifier-kde
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289264
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