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Subject: Re: Memory usage
From: "Jacob Langley" <jacob.langley () gmail ! com>
Date: 2008-04-25 17:39:36
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2008/4/25 Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>:

> Zdenek Kabelac spake unto us the following wisdom:
> > Is there anyone here interested in the memory requirements of pidgin -
> > or is it just me who thinks that using 12MB on the heap to keep couple
> > icq contacts and two irc chat windows is too much :)
> > (Also it could be seen that many other libs seems to take quite some
> > space even when they are not used)
>
> We would love to see the memory requirements of Pidgin reduced.  We
> are aware of a small number of inefficiencies (some of which might
> have significant impact) which are either difficult to correct or have
> simply not drawn enough interest.  If you are offering to work on this
> problem, I'm sure we can throw together a list.  (We probably should,
> anyway.)  In the general case, however, figuring things like this out
> is a rather difficult and time-consuming process.  It would be great
> if someone chose to tackle it, but we have not currently going about
> it in any systematic sort of way.
>
> Note that some (not insignificant) amount of that memory is likely
> tied up by things which we can do little about -- rendered font glyphs
> in pango, icons in Gtk+, etc.  What total proportion of that 16MB it
> is, I cannot say.
>
> Ethan
>
> --
> The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws [that have no remedy
> for evils].  They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor
> determined to commit crimes.
>                -- Cesare Beccaria, "On Crimes and Punishments", 1764
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If there is such a list, it would definitely be interesting to see (I don't
have a lot of time these days, but should some free up that might be the
first thing I looked at.) Or if there's a set of tickets that could be
tagged as being related a quick search query might not go amiss either.

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<div class="gmail_quote">2008/4/25 Ethan Blanton &lt;<a \
href="mailto:elb@pidgin.im">elb@pidgin.im</a>&gt;: <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: \
#ccc 1px solid">Zdenek Kabelac spake unto us the following wisdom: <div \
class="Ih2E3d">&gt; Is there anyone here interested in the memory requirements of \
pidgin - &gt; or is it just me who thinks that using 12MB on the heap to keep \
couple &gt; icq contacts and two irc chat windows is too much :) &gt; (Also it \
could be seen that many other libs seems to take quite some &gt; space even when \
they are not used) </div>We would love to see the memory requirements of \
Pidgin reduced. &nbsp;We are aware of a small number of inefficiencies (some of \
which might have significant impact) which are either difficult to correct or \
have simply not drawn enough interest. &nbsp;If you are offering to work on \
this problem, I&#39;m sure we can throw together a list. &nbsp;(We probably \
should, anyway.) &nbsp;In the general case, however, figuring things like this \
out is a rather difficult and time-consuming process. &nbsp;It would be \
great if someone chose to tackle it, but we have not currently going about it \
in any systematic sort of way. Note that some (not insignificant) amount of \
that memory is likely tied up by things which we can do little about -- rendered \
font glyphs in pango, icons in Gtk+, etc. &nbsp;What total proportion of that 16MB \
it is, I cannot say. Ethan -- The laws \
that forbid the carrying of arms are laws [that have no remedy for evils]. \
&nbsp;They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit \
crimes. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;-- Cesare Beccaria, \
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<div>If there is such a list, it would definitely be interesting to see (I don&#39;t \
have a lot of time these days, but should some free up that might be the first thing \
I looked at.) Or if there&#39;s a set of tickets that could be tagged as being \
related a quick search query might not go amiss either.</div>

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