On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:33:59 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:

> Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> Moreover, the startup time has improved markedly (though it's
>> still around 20% slower than with my build of September 8):
>>
>> Elapsed time: 5.035977s (1.681695s in 24 GCs)
>
> I'd be interested in knowing what takes time here, but it's a bit
> difficult to figure out.  Hm.

With the latest changes, the startup time was:

Elapsed time: 4.691736s (2.069494s in 24 GCs)

> I've now added tracing to `gnus-open-server'.  You'll get a new buffer
> called *gnus trace* that records all times and what servers we're
> opening.  This should at least give a hint as to where the time is being
> spent. 

Here it is: