On 11/2/2008 8:02 AM, Hussein Shafie wrote: > Andy Black wrote: > >> We've just learned that a large (540KB) XML file for one of our custom >> configurations loads very slowly in version 4.1.0. In version 3.8.1 it >> takes about 12 seconds, but in 4.1.0 it takes about 5 minutes and 20 >> seconds. We are using the Personal Edition in both cases. >> >> Is this a known problem? (I tried looking for something on this in the >> archives for this list, but did not find anything.) >> >> 12 seconds to load is fine, but over 5 minutes is a bit daunting. Are >> there plans to address this? >> >> > > I don't see how, in the general case, this could happen due to a bug or > design flaw in XXE v4+. > > Example: > > On my laptop, a DocBook 4 2.2MB document loads in 22s with XXE v4.1 and > in 21s with XXE v3.8.1 (first time, DTD/Schema cache cleared). The > second time, it takes 12s with XXE v4.1 and 15s with XXE v3.8.1. > > Therefore: > > * This problem may be related to your working environment. For example, > your XML catalog could be broken (this is possibly not detected by XXE > v3.8.1 because the DTD/Schema has been cached by your old copy). > > * OR This problem may be related to your document (images, XIncludes, > references to external entities, DTD/Schema, etc). In the latter case, > do not hesitate to send us this document (please also include the whole > configuration) and will fix the problem in next version. >
OK. I will try to email you both sets of files in a separate message. --Andy > >
