It is not physically possible to ever get a snap to start as fast as a native application. The entire purpose of a snap is that it uses its own set of dependencies, which means that by definition it cannot share those dependencies with other applications on the system, which means that they must be loaded separately, which will take longer, use more system resources, etc.
snaps should be used for applications which (a) are difficult to package, and/or (b) want to be used across multiple versions where prerequisites might change, and/or (c) snaps downsides are not as relevant (for example, they are left running for longer periods of time and are large enough that they aren't expected to start quickly, to amortize the increased start time and resource usage). None of those criteria hold true for a desktop calculator utility. We need to get to the point where I can hit the calculator button on the keyboard and a calculator window appears virtually instantaneously. gnome-calculator was always too slow to start, but now it's far slower: it's moving in exactly the wrong direction. Using it as a way to experiment with snaps just gives both snaps and gnome-calculator a bad reputation. This bug is not trying to say "we must improve snap startup times". This bug is trying to say "gnome-calculator is not an appropriate application to be snapped and should be changed back to a native application". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-calculator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797734 Title: slow calculator startup Status in gnome-calculator package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The calculator starts very slowly. It's a tiny program, but it runs like a very big one. In previous versions of Ubuntu, the launch was normal, very fast. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-calculator (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-36.39-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Oct 14 08:40:06 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-06 (160 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-calculator UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-calculator/+bug/1797734/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
