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Bug 56406

Summary: Request for x11-libs/vte patch (significantly enhances gnome-terminal performance)
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: kfm
Component: New packagesAssignee: Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal Keywords: Inclusion
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
URL: http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143914
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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 59768    
Attachments: x11-libs/vte-0.11.11-r1.ebuild (proposed)
${FILESDIR}/vte-0.11.11-speed.patch

Description kfm 2004-07-07 20:09:32 UTC
Hi. I've discovered a patch in Gnome's bugzilla (see the URL associated with this bug) which patches vte, chiefly delivering a significant performance boost for gnome-terminal. As gnome-terminal is, frankly, dog slow on modest hardware this is a real boon, IMHO :) I've been using it for weeks and have encountered no issues. Any chance of inclusion?
Comment 1 kfm 2004-07-07 20:11:23 UTC
Created attachment 34973 [details]
x11-libs/vte-0.11.11-r1.ebuild (proposed)

A revision of the x11-libs/vte-0.11.11 ebuild which applies
${FILESDIR}/vte-0.11.11-speed.patch
Comment 2 kfm 2004-07-07 20:12:44 UTC
Created attachment 34974 [details, diff]
${FILESDIR}/vte-0.11.11-speed.patch

The patch in question (taken from Gnome's bugzilla).
Comment 3 kfm 2004-07-07 20:34:20 UTC
I just found some more information on the topic in general ... quite interesting.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83472
Comment 4 foser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-07-20 04:22:18 UTC
looks good to me, spider does this work well for you in remote sessions ?
Comment 5 Spider (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-07-29 13:20:03 UTC
I haven't been able to test it yet due to RL taking me over and doing unpleasant things.

However, this patch looks good, and from what I see is a bit of a micro optimization in how it works, however it should probably go in atm.  I can't see anything bad from it at a glance, and over remote it wouldn't change much either.

Comment 6 Spider (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-08-08 14:36:04 UTC
commiting right now