Comment 0 for bug 1074286

After loging into XFCE environment, I see with "top" that /usr/share/system-config-printer/applet.py consumes 22MB of physical memory, just behind X.

Most of the time, the printer applet does nothing and thus wastes memory.

I think that this applet should be implemented with a compiler which create a binary executable instead of writing a python script or python byte code which will never reach the performances of a binary executable (speed and memory).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.3.11+20120807-0ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDmesg: [ 913.672003] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found
Date: Fri Nov 2 10:32:45 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-20 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: a4
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=cd43b074-5f0e-46e5-8362-13424056d921 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: system-config-printer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH