update-notifier-kde should be written in C++

[Luiz Felipe Talvik]

Binary package hint: update-notifier-kde

update-notifier-kde takes 17000k of physical memory acording to ksysguard (or 35mb of resident memory). About the same as processes like kate, skype, yakuake... I don't mind eclipse taking 300mb of ram because I'm actually using it, while update-notifier just sits there doing nothing all day long.
The same is true for other services like printing and kblueplugd

Solution:
Don't use interpreted languages on system services or daemons. The tray thing should be written in c++ and then call the actual update program in python.

[Luiz Felipe Talvik (talvik)]

I think the duplicate status is wrong, I should have made a better title. I have seen that bug when reporting.

This is more like a wish than a bug. The description above is from a freshly started update-notifier-kde.

Where can I find the source for kubuntu stuff?

[Luiz Felipe Talvik (talvik)]

Unrelated:
I wasn't able to find mailing list from kubuntu devel, nor the source tree for kubuntu stuff. Where can I find stuff about kubuntu dev?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Ah, yes, I see.

You can find the mailing list here:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel

You can download the most current source of a package through "apt-get source packagename"
Some projects, such as update-notifier, have their own bzr repos, where the lastest code is stored, however. (https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/update-notifier-kde/trunk)

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Another starting point might be #kubuntu-devel on irc.freenode.net.

Thanks for you help to improve Kubuntu! :)

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Work on a C++ replacement for update-notifier-kde called kubuntu-notification-helper is underway: (https://code.launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/kubuntu-notification-helper/trunk)

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Implemented for 10.04.