>> Where are you getting the GIT short versions from?
>
> GIT_VERSION="`git shortlog . | grep -E '^[ ]+\w+' | wc -l`"
>
>> What TDE widget style are you using?
>
> I use KDE 2 window decoration and KDE Classic widget style. I don't use
> themes.
>
>> And finally, can you/would you be willing to bisect the GIT tree to find
>> the offending commit?
>
> Sure, I'm willing but don't know how. Further, which module should be
> bisected? tqt3? tdelibs? tdebase? All three?
>
> With that said, the lines you asked me to comment out were from commits
> 37a8b8a9 and 79dfe5ba of Nov. 4, which fits the time frame in question.
> That is, I see no slowness in launch times from my Oct. 30 package set but
> see them in my Nov. 10 package set.
>
> Darrell

I dug a bit deeper into the cachegrind results with tdecachegrind and
spotted an obscure codepath that was responsible for a significant
fraction of the startup instructions.  I have committed a patch for that
problem in GIT hash 30c5994; can you please rebuild TQt3 and see if the
slow startup time is resolved?  You don't have to rebuild tdelibs or
anything else, just TQt3.

Thanks!

Tim