plasma memory/pixmap leak ?

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On June 2, 2010, todd rme wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> > On June 2, 2010, R.F. Pels wrote:
> >> So, basically, the short answer is 'No'.
> > 
> > there is no instrumentation system, no. much like most other plugin based
> > software out there. if you'd like to develop something, that'd be great.
> > 
> > we do have ways of finding out where problems are, though it's a bit
> > manual and involves running individual components. at least plasma is
> > highly componentized enough that things can be tested in relative
> > isolation.
> 
> Would it be possible to set up a script that would automatically run
> plasmoidviewer for a set period of time on each plasma applet and
> measure memory output from the process over time?

yes, but what's really required is user interaction.

this could be driven by a, say, javascript env that allows authoring scripts 
which push synthetic events... it's all possible, but it needs time and effort 
put into it.

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