[mythtv-commits] Ticket #3506: Reduce memory usage by not duplicating button images in memory

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#3506: Reduce memory usage by not duplicating button images in memory
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 Reporter:  stuartm      |        Owner:  stuartm
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  major        |    Milestone:  0.21   
Component:  mythtv       |      Version:  head   
 Severity:  medium       |   Resolution:         
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Comment(by clever at nbnet.nb.ca):

 {{{
 after old mythtv has been running for a while
 USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
 mythtv   15397  1.5  6.0 185880 31344 pts/3    SLl  May25   7:28
 usr/local/bin/mythfrontend

 freshly restarted old mythfrontend
 mythtv    2399 19.7  9.4 118696 48536 pts/3    RLl  00:28   0:06
 mythfrontend

 and patched with the above path and freshly restarted
 mythtv   15366  8.9  8.4 114532 43452 pts/3    SLl  02:07   0:05
 mythfrontend
 }}}
 resident mem usage went down by about 5mb after patching and vm size went
 down by about 4mb
 patch does appear to be saving some memory:)

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