Re: gnome-icon_loader ...

[Mark McLoughlin <mark skynet ie>]

Hi Michael,

On 5 Aug 2002, Michael Meeks wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> 	One of the largest single method performance hits on nautilus startup,
> seems to be in the icon loader, inasmuch that in load_themes it stats
> every icon in the pixmaps directory.
>
> 	Why do we need to do this at startup instead of doing it idly ?

	Actually, I'm curious as to why we were doing it at all, since
we don't do it for themed icons. I was a little bit wary of removing
it in Alex's absence, but since its a pretty big hit, I've gone ahead
and removed it.

Good Luck,
Mark.