604788 - Thunderbird takes several seconds to startup (maybe libxul related)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Nomis101]

After Thunderbird moved on 22 Sep. to libxul, I've seen it the first time, that TB takes long to startup. On 23. Sep. it was gone and fast again. But than I've seen this frequently again. First I thought this is me, but than I've read similar reports from other users in Mozillazine. See:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2007497&start=30
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=10020095#p10020095

Since I've downgraded from the broken 15 Okt. build to a 13. Okt. build its now very extrem. TB now takes 5-10 seconds to start, after I click the dock icon.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

can't we get anyone in mz to instrument thunderbird startup?
 http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2031485

If we had Bug 462862 - Implement start up performance tests for Thunderbird - we could catch these things at build time

you must have a very lean/fast system - I never get 5-10 sec startup :(

Comment 2

[Nomis101]

(In reply to comment #1)
> you must have a very lean/fast system - I never get 5-10 sec startup :(

The 5-10 seconds was on my iMac8,1. But on my new MacBook its slower than it is on my iMac. But it depends on which build you use, some builds are fast and some builds are slow. At the moment I use a fast older build.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > you must have a very lean/fast system - I never get 5-10 sec startup :(
> 
> The 5-10 seconds was on my iMac8,1. But on my new MacBook its slower than it is
> on my iMac. But it depends on which build you use, some builds are fast and
> some builds are slow. At the moment I use a fast older build.

Nomis, see bug 533441, bug 588952

Comment 4

[Nomis101]

I don't see this anymore since a long time now.

Comment 5

[Worcester12345]

Takes about 20 seconds to start up for me.
64.0b3 (64-bit)
System Model	HP Compaq 8200 Elite USDT PC
Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400S CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2501 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)	8.00 GB