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gnome-panel package

  1. Bug #45913
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 45913

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 45913] Re: [Bug 45913] Re: g-p's use of gettext uses more memory that needed

Hi Ben,

Ben Maurer [2006-05-23 16:51 -0000]:
> On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 16:35 +0000, Martin Pitt wrote:
> > However, I agree that the memory should be freed after translating the
> > strings. This is not trivial, though. Something to look into for edgy.
>
> I'd rather that the strings in a menu be put in one gettext file. This
> reduces the amount of disk IO needed.

Benchmarks have shown that the additional disk i/o is negigible. I
wouldn't like to sacrifice the possibility of updating translations
through language packs for half a second faster startup time. The
memory footprint should be reduced, though.