I attached lp:~mvo/software-center/memleak-fixes-lp1003466 that is worth testing, that kills off most of the growth for me in my (artificial) testing. Dave, when you do install testing next, would be nice to give this branch a try :)
** Branch linked: lp:~mvo/software-center/memleak-fixes-lp1003466 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1003466 Title: Software Center Memory/Processor bug Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Bug Description: Software Centers memory usage increases the more applications you install, to monitor this effect I am going to do a single For Purchase install and the an run with 7 For Purchase apps and attach the logs to this bug. Then a single repo app and then several repo apps. OS: 64bit Precise USC Version: 5.2.1 Steps To Reproduce: 1. Open USC install an app. 2. Click on All software once app 1 has installed 3. Install another app 4. Click on All Software once app 2 has installed 5. install another app and so on 6. monitor the memory used at each point ( I used ldtp's startlog('path/to/log.file') startprocessmonitor('software-center') then when finished stopprocessmonitor('software-center') stoplog() Expected Results: I expect the memory usage to not increase more than a set amount per app install. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: software-center 5.2.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 23 15:32:24 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1003466/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
