There are two patches currently being discussed on the list which should address this.
The first is Aaron's removal of the KnitData cache, and the other is my patch to have KnitData.read_records_iter() return results out of order. See also, #43702 and #45310. -- Creating a branch in a repository chews up huge amounts of memory https://launchpad.net/bugs/50290 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
