Apparently fixed upstream in the yet-unreleased 1.7.5. At least, I found this in the changelog:
* Improve the UI responsiveness by using sqlite3async. (patch by Wictor Lund) -- Liferea stalling, uses excessive number of fsyncs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290666 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs