[Python-Dev] Mercurial sluggishness (was: this is what happens if you freeze all the modules required for startup)

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le 15/04/2014 19:09, Daniel Holth a écrit :
> In case you were wondering, I'm using Ubuntu's "2.7.5+" and "3.3.2+".
>
> My feeling has long been that the speed of getting at the "--help"
> option or any initial user feedback from Mercurial or git is a big
> driver in perceived speed as opposed to how long the entire operation
> might take. But for me any initial speed improvements from git are
> fully offset by the feeling of irritation afterwards. /troll
>
> For me Python's startup time (warm) takes about 1/4 of the hg startup
> time in the worst case. I expect to both notice and appreciate any
> speedups and encourage all optimizers to optimize.

Well, if we optimize 11% out of that 1/4, I don't expect you to notice 
the speedup at all ;-)

Regards

Antoine.