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Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Performance, 3.8 versus 4.2
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Hi,
Listening to all this 4.2 performance discussions here and for example at
[1] I would like to ask if the is a plan to re-enable performance
regression tests for Eclipse (3.8.x / 4.2.x) platform as we had in the
past before they were disabled in Juno (see [2]).
If there is no such plan yet, shouldn't we have one?
[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=385272
[2]
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform-releng/Transition_Plans_for_Platform_builds_after_Juno_M6
Regards,
Andrey
On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:29:31 +0200,
<cross-project-issues-dev-request@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:21:10 -0400
From: John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Cross project issues <cross-project-issues-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Performance, 3.8 versus 4.2
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I suggest anyone having problems to add constructive details on that bug.
For example profiler output when repeatedly performing a slow operation,
what plugins are installed, whether it is reproducible with vanilla
Eclipse SDK, etc. There are some users reporting pervasive slowdowns, and
for many others it is performing well. Something like a listener leak
could have effects like this in conjunction with particular installed
plugins. It takes time after any major release to isolate and resolve
problems like this.
John
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
For various reasons I had to switch my development environment from 4.2
to
3.8 today. I was stunned by the performance improvement after the switch.
The 3.8 platform is much MUCH faster. It boots faster, it closes windows
faster, it shows menus faster, etc. It also seems to consume less memory
and be less buggy. The way things stand right now, there's just no way
I'll switch back to 4.2!
I must say I was very surprised by this. Why is the 4.2 platform what's
being fronted on the Eclipse download page when it's user experience and
quality is lagging behind this much? Is it just me who have had this
experience?
Regards,
Thomas Hallgren
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 06:29:22 -0700
From: "Konstantin Komissarchik" <konstantin.komissarchik@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Cross project issues'" <cross-project-issues-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Performance, 3.8 versus 4.2
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Thomas,
You are certainly not the only one seeing performance issues with 4.2. I
go back and forth between 4.2 and 3.8 every day depending on the project
I need to work on and the difference is quiet noticeable even on very
fast hardware. The part I notice the most is the lengthy close all
editors process. After drilling down into some task and opening a few
dozen editors, clearing workbench of open editors takes several seconds.
I can literally watch tabs disappear one by one. The same operation is
practically instantaneous on 3.8.
For stability, user experience and performance reasons, you will find
that many third party distros have stayed on 3.8 for Juno.
I don?t begrudge 4.x its growing pains. It is a complex technological
shift with a lot of promise. What I find most troubling is the decision
process that led to the use of 4.2 for Juno distros. When the decision
was made, it was plainly evident that 4.2 wasn?t going to match 3.8 on
any of the quality metrics. IDE users might have been ok with quality
drop if 4.2 delivered compelling new functionality that you couldn?t get
in 3.8, yet there is no tangible functional delta. The value of 4.x
platform is for RCP developers and to certain limited extent for IDE
plugin developers. Certainly not for IDE users. The refreshed
look-n-feel has been touted as a big end user feature of 4.2, but the
new look-n-feel itself has numerous issues that leave it looking like an
unfinished project.
Sadly, the user reaction that we?ve been seeing over the last several
months has been entirely predictable.
- Konstantin
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Kind regards,
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Andrey Loskutov
+Andrey: http://plus.google.com/u/0/113794713998126448910
