Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: libgtk2.0-0
After discussions with Owen Taylor it was found that GTK+ has a
longstanding performance problem in cases where a program has a large
number of GTK+ widgets on a window.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637155
https://bugzilla.gnom
** Patch added: "diff"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689741/+attachment/1764898/+files/diff
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689741
Title:
libgtk2.0-0 performan
Removing a call to a cpu eating yet UNNEEDED function isn't trivial? I don't
understand your reasoning. Removing 10 year old UNUSED cruft that results in a
significant speedup to Applications with large(r) numbers of widgets, seems
like a win, esp since it appears to be unused and unneeded.
The reason why I posted to ubuntu/launchpad, is that I don't expect the
upstream to really care about this enough to release a new version in a
timely manner, as its not something that directly causes crashes or a
security leak, it just causes a big performance drop for some
applications. I would
I'm sorry, I don't have a natty system to test against, however you can do
some
testing with owen's python testcase app, which I've attached.
Just change the SIZE = XX line and test, i.e. setting it to 12, creates a
12x12 grid, changing that to 48, creates a 48x48 grid and so on. You sho
