[GNC] v3.5 Save Times

[John Ralls]

> On Apr 6, 2019, at 9:07 AM, Ian K via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> I have to say reading this post made me check out 3.5, as versions up to 3.3
> were really unusably slow on saving, so I was still using 2.6.21.
> I normally check the release notes when a new release comes out and the bug 
> Bug 795804 - Extremely slow save
> is still listed as a Known Issue, so I hadn't bothered.
> 
> I don't know what the devs have done but 3.5 is not only faster than 3.3,
> it's also much faster saving than 2.6.
> For example, my >8yrs worth of data file took 9.1 seconds to save on 2.6.21,
> and now on 3.5 it's 3.5 sec.
> 
> This is a huge imporvement. Maybe have another look at the bug and see if
> something has unwittingly fixed it.
> Anyway thanks!

Not unwittingly. Bob, Geert and I plus several new contributors did a lot of profiling to try to bring the load times down. What we've been waiting for on the bug report is confirmation that our efforts were successful, so please report your experience there.

Regards,
John Ralls