> > The only thing that sort of stands out in valgrind is a number of calls to
> > windowState(), presumably from line 620 of tqt3/src/styles/qcommonstyle.cpp
> > 
> > Can you try commenting out that line to see if it resolves the slow
> > startup issue?  You only need to recompile/reinstall TQt3 itself to test,
> > then log out/log back in to TDE.
> 
> Commenting out lines 619-621 makes a difference, but I need
> to revert to my Oct. 30 package set and run some
> as-best-I-can stopwatch tests. The reason is the patch helps
> but my intuition tells me the apps are not opening as fast
> as the Oct. 30 package set.
> 
> I notice the commented lines are from commits 37a8b8a9 and
> 79dfe5ba of Nov. 4, which at least fits the time frame in
> question. From my perspective then, looks like some of the
> style engine work is indeed affecting app launch times.
> Hopefully they can be resolved. :)
> 
> Swapping package sets takes a while. :) Eventually I'll
> present some crude stopwatch benchmarks. :)

Here are my best-I-can stopwatch benchmarks. All times in seconds. Each time I flushed the ksycoca cache and restarted Trinity.

GIT short version 8443, Oct. 30

kate: 1.54, 1.29, 1.35; avg.: 1.39
konqueror: 1.47, 1.61, 1.57; avg.: 1.55
kmail: 2.09, 1.96, 1.97; avg.: 2.01

GIT short version 8665, Nov. 10, patched

kate: 1.68, 1.89, 1.73; avg.: 1.77
konqueror: 3.20, 2.81, 2.52; avg.: 2.84
kmail: 3.37, 3.47, 3.29; avg.: 3.38

GIT short version 8665, Nov. 10, unpatched

kate: 1.97, 1.94, 1.80; avg.: 1.90
konqueror: 3.60, 2.83, 3.21; avg.: 3.21
kmail: 3.72, 3.39, 3.47; avg.: 3.53

In the 8665 build there is a nominal improvement with the patch but either way, there is noticeable difference between the package sets. Enough that all users will notice. I'm running on a decent machine but I suspect users with less older hardware will notice more. :)

Darrell