On Wed, 2021-08-25 at 18:11 -0700, ben...@gmail.com wrote: > With the switch to pkg.go.dev (which in itself I quite like after > getting used to it), the view-source links also changed from the > golang.org source viewer, which was fast, to cs.opensource.google, > which is rather slow. > > For example, here is the code I've been looking at just now, compared > to GitHub.com: > > * > https://cs.opensource.google/go/go/+/refs/tags/go1.17:src/os/exec/exec.go;l=189 > -- this loads in 4-5 seconds for me, with two client-side > "loading..." states shown > * https://github.com/golang/go/blob/go1.17/src/os/exec/exec.go#L189 > -- this loads in 1-1.5 seconds, with no loading states > > I believe GitHub is faster because it serves the code in the initial > HTML response, whereas cs.opensource.google serves a bunch of > JavaScript that (after a couple of steps) loads the source. I believe > the golang.org source used the GitHub approach -- at least, it was > similar speed to GitHub so I never noticed this or needed to check. > > I'm located in New Zealand, so it is no doubt further away from their > origin servers than Google employees testing this stuff. (I asked a > colleague from Australia, and he gets ~5s for cs.opensource, ~1s for > GitHub.) I have a fast internet connection. The tests above are in > the latest Firefox under Linux, but I've also tested using Chromium > and get very similar results (on my first go in Chromium, which > didn't have any cached, it was ~8s for cs.opensource.google and ~2s > for GitHub, after that it was similar to the above). > > It's frustrating, because most 3rd party packages (hosted on GitHub) > get the faster GitHub view-source experience, but the core stdlib > gets the slow experience! > > Someone has suggested moving to GitHub in this issue: > https://github.com/golang/go/issues/47202 ... however, it was more > about the UI and got closed with "if you have suggestions for > cs.opensource.google, use the Send Feedback button". I submitted > feedback using that button, though I doubt that'll cause anyone to do > a major rewrite of their architecture. > > It seems to me that pages taking 4x as long to load is a series > regression that hurts usability, at the very least outside the U.S. I > use those stdlib source links a lot, and it's a bit of a killjoy to > wait 4-8s each time. > > I'm happy to open a new issue on this, but thought I'd see if others > have input first. > > -Ben
This has been my experience too (in .au). It is quite frustrating. Dan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/d5031f4f624e8b27ff4e7799fc0a26680142f62a.camel%40kortschak.io.
