My measurements differed a little from Ted's, since removing one of those click calls saved about 0.7 seconds; perhaps click itself slowed down in the meantime (easy to do in Python). Anyway, this will help:
https://code.launchpad.net/~cjwatson/upstart-app-launch/libclick- pkgdir/+merge/209909 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Unity API bugs, which is subscribed to Upstart Application Launcher. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1257076 Title: Slow app startup time Status in Upstart Application Launcher: Confirmed Status in “unity-mir” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “unity8” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “upstart-app-launch” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Since upgrading to trusty, applications have been taking longer and longer to load. While on the one hand, there is feature work and investigation to do, see: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/appdev-1311-sdk-apps- performance on the other hand, this is a regression and should be handled via a bug report for that reason. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart-app-launch/+bug/1257076/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-api-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-api-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
