Re: rainbow spins in WOLips on eclipse 3.5

From: Mike Schrag (mschra..dimension.com)
Date: Fri Sep 25 2009 - 13:23:44 EDT

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    also
    https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=282229
    https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=275686

    On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Ray Kiddy wrote:

    >
    > You may hve noticed that eclipse spins a _lot_ more with 3.5 and the
    > version of WOLips that goes with it than it used to. This is not
    > surprising. There are a lot of differences between the older Carbon-
    > based stuff and the Cocoa-based UI. Going to Cocoa was a good move
    > and the UI responsiveness will get better.
    >
    > FYI, there are (at least) two bugs tracking this:
    >
    > http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=290082
    > http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=285175
    >
    > I am going to start taking samples and see if anything can be done.
    > Well, one thing did make this a lot better for me. I upgraded my
    > laptop's memory from 2 GB to 4 GB. So, does one need 4 GB of memory
    > to use WOLips without pain? I hope not.
    >
    > So, if anybody else wants to help with this bug, now you know where
    > to go. The eclipse project people are surprisingly easy to deal with
    > and tolerant of newbie-situations, so don't be shy.
    >
    > cheers - ray
    >



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