Bugzilla Bug 121662

'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... :(

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.

@compnerd: What is going on with herdstat? Is this a work in progress? Please
add some status infos or write me a mail.

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

Helps if I CC them...

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.

I agree... I use this extensively in my scripts, and would be very sorry to see
it go.

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?

Is anyone strongly against punting 1.1.91 out of the tree?  Its known broken,
and probably isn't ever going to be fixed.

Nah, just kill it, thanks. :)

yup, kill it

Punted.

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.

Removed