Bug 121662 - app-portage/herdstat-1.1.91 extremely poor performance
Bug#: 121662 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: 2005.1 Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: major Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: compnerd@gentoo.org Reported By: jakub@gentoo.org
Component: Ebuilds
URL: 
Summary: app-portage/herdstat-1.1.91 extremely poor performance
Keywords:  PMASKED
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2006-02-05 07:02 0000
Description:   Opened: 2006-02-05 07:02 0000 
'time herdstat --metadata apache' (fresh install, three runs)

app-portage/herdstat-1.1.91
dev-cpp/libherdstat-0.2.0
dev-cpp/libebt-1.3.0

real    0m28.667s
user    0m0.592s
sys     0m0.540s

real    0m9.071s
user    0m0.416s
sys     0m0.348s

real    0m10.390s
user    0m0.376s
sys     0m0.420s

vs:

app-portage/herdstat-1.1.2
dev-cpp/libherdstat-0.1.1-r1

real    0m0.184s
user    0m0.036s
sys     0m0.012s

real    0m0.045s
user    0m0.036s
sys     0m0.008s

real    0m0.043s
user    0m0.032s
sys     0m0.012s

I've asked another user on #gentoo-bugs to test the latest version and that's
what he gets with 1.1.91 on the first run:

real    1m5.914s                                                                
user    0m4.673s                                                                
sys     0m5.864s 

Yuck... :(

------- Comment #1 From Daniel Gryniewicz 2007-02-21 16:03:41 0000 ------- 
I hit this too.  I've had to mask 1.1.91*, as I use herdstat in all kinds of
scripts, and it makes it just unusable.

------- Comment #2 From Tiziano Müller 2007-04-01 19:44:43 0000 ------- 
@compnerd: What is going on with herdstat? Is this a work in progress? Please
add some status infos or write me a mail.

------- Comment #3 From Mark Loeser 2007-11-03 02:53:52 0000 ------- 
There is basically no upstream for this package anymore, unless someone
volunteers.  I'd recommend for tree-cleaners to look into wiping this out of
the tree.  There are several open bugs: 
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=herdstat

------- Comment #4 From Mark Loeser 2007-11-03 20:12:26 0000 ------- 
Helps if I CC them...

------- Comment #5 From Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-11-03 22:04:06 0000 ------- 
Uh, punting this is not a viable solution, developers are using this thing
frequently, including myself. This 1.1.91 rewrite is screwed, 1.1.2 version is
perfectly usable after fixing a couple of minor issues either manually or in
the ebuild.

------- Comment #6 From Daniel Gryniewicz 2007-11-04 18:33:17 0000 ------- 
I agree... I use this extensively in my scripts, and would be very sorry to see
it go.

------- Comment #7 From Mark Loeser 2007-11-23 06:54:08 0000 ------- 
Well, something needs to happen with this package.  Either punt the new stuff,
or fix the old stuff.  There are a bunch of bugs open for this for quite some
time now.

compnerd: opinions?

------- Comment #8 From Mark Loeser 2008-01-19 22:36:41 0000 ------- 
Is anyone strongly against punting 1.1.91 out of the tree?  Its known broken,
and probably isn't ever going to be fixed.

------- Comment #9 From Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2008-01-19 23:37:48 0000 ------- 
Nah, just kill it, thanks. :)

------- Comment #10 From Ryan Hill 2008-01-19 23:55:25 0000 ------- 
yup, kill it

------- Comment #11 From Mark Loeser 2008-01-20 02:03:35 0000 ------- 
Punted.

------- Comment #12 From Ryan Hill 2008-01-30 02:07:31 0000 ------- 
We also need to kick dev-cpp/libherdstat-0.2.0.  herdstat-1.1.2 won't build
against it and it's causing an up/downgrade cycle.

------- Comment #13 From Raúl Porcel 2008-01-30 14:57:31 0000 ------- 
Removed