Launchpad performance

[Christian Robottom Reis]

On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 03:13:58PM +1000, Stuart Bishop wrote:
> >>> Given that Ubuntu aims to be "for human beings", and that many human
> >>> beings still have to use "old" technology like slow modems /
> >>> connections, we can only hope that this issue is on the developers'
> >>> radar.
> >>> ... 
> > 
> > Is LaunchpadPerformance worth BoFfing in Montréal? Kiko? Steve? Stuart?
> 
> Nope. We would need something more specific.
> 
> Painfully slow might mean too much time wasted doing SSL handshaking. If
> this is the case, we may want to bof out running launchpad via http instead
> of https (which is an authentication and security problem).
> 
> Painfully slow might mean our site is not cache friendly, in which case we
> might want to offload images, .css and other static resources to be served
> via http with suitable cacheing headers.

I agree with Stuart (wow, excellent evaluation, too) -- we need more
details of what sort of slowness the user is suffering. I don't find
Launchpad particularly speedy either, but I confess I've never spent
time looking into why it is, nor do I have hard data to make a point.

I do think this is worth boffing, but only if we can get more
specifics.

Take care,
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