Upon further review: Removing the clock application from the panel
removes the memory leak. On reinstallation the leak reoccurs. When I
use the clock included in the Indicator Applet I don't see an increase
in CPU usage with time, although available swap space drops by on the
average 0.01 GB/hou
Public bug reported:
At login, gnome-panel uses about 1% of my system memory (5973600kb) as
determined by "ps u". This rises at the rate of 1-2% per hour that I am
logged on. Simultaneously, free swap memory starts to decrease from its
initial value of 5858300kb. If I stay logged in long enough
