From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/68900 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus' speed Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:11:19 +0900 Message-ID: <87ab21ridk.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87zlao7j1z.fsf@CPU107.opentrends.net> <87iqhbco96.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> <87iqhbqai0.fsf@blah.blah> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250298925 23294 80.91.229.12 (15 Aug 2009 01:15:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:15:25 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M17320@lists.math.uh.edu Sat Aug 15 03:15:18 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mc7ra-00005v-59 for ding-account@gmane.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:15:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Mc7rU-0004Xh-If; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:15:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Mc7rT-0004XO-7b for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:15:11 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mc7rS-0005pP-KY for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:15:11 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Mc7s2-00006b-00 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:15:46 +0200 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Mc7rK-0001gI-NZ for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: from 218.231.177.167.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.177.167]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: from miles by 218.231.177.167.eo.eaccess.ne.jp with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:15:02 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.231.177.167.eo.eaccess.ne.jp System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:WL/F00vWv+/ymMcD75wPvvj0sYM= X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:68900 Archived-At: Kevin Ryde writes: > I never understood why startup takes quite so long (with those > newsgroups check bits set to nil, and only a dozen or so local nntp and > nnml subscribed, but lots unsubscribed). Maybe it's just the quantity > of code loaded. Did someone profile it a few years ago? On my work machine, Gnus startup is slow because my home directory and mail directories are on NFS, and NFS is an insane dog (operations that don't require much I/O to my homedir are all quite fast). -Miles -- I'm beginning to think that life is just one long Yoko Ono album; no rhyme or reason, just a lot of incoherent shrieks and then it's over. --Ian Wolff