Debian Bug report logs - #402388
pyracerz: Uses way too much CPU time.

Toggle useless messages

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: pyracerz: Uses way too much CPU time.

Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:36:16 +0100

Package: pyracerz
Version: 0.2-4
Severity: normal

This game uses way too much CPU time. First of all, it seems to redraw
the screen as fast as possible, whether or not something has changed.
This is both during the menu and during the racing itself.

Second, when playing with one human and no bots, the game seems
reasonably fast, however, when adding a number of bots, the game becomes
really slow.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.3
Locale: LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_NL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages pyracerz depends on:
ii  libsdl-ttf2.0-0         2.0.8-3+b1       ttf library for Simple DirectMedia
ii  python                  2.4.4-1          An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-numeric          24.2-7           Numerical (matrix-oriented) Mathem
ii  python-pygame           1.7.1release-4.1 SDL bindings for games development
ii  python-support          0.5.6            automated rebuilding support for p

Versions of packages pyracerz recommends:
pn  python-psyco                  <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 402388@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Carlos Galisteo <cgalisteo@k-rolus.net>

To: Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>, 402388@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#402388: pyracerz: Uses way too much CPU time.

Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:17:07 +0100

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Guus Sliepen wrote:
 > This game uses way too much CPU time. First of all, it seems to redraw
> the screen as fast as possible, whether or not something has changed.
> This is both during the menu and during the racing itself.

 Hello Guus.

 Have you tried to run it with psyco installed?

 Please try it, if you can, and tell me if you find any improvement.

 I'll forward your impressions to upstream.

 Thanks for the report.












-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFFfIdjW4wCemmtvmURArESAJ9C6FAcRD/3VshvGqsgkbXOZ8knlgCfWMPa
Btj0sSW+OAXuKKPxUs7txV8=
=l6aC
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Message #15 received at 402388@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>

To: Carlos Galisteo <cgalisteo@k-rolus.net>

Cc: 402388@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#402388: pyracerz: Uses way too much CPU time.

Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:25:22 +0100

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 11:17:07PM +0100, Carlos Galisteo wrote:

>  > This game uses way too much CPU time. First of all, it seems to redraw
> > the screen as fast as possible, whether or not something has changed.
> > This is both during the menu and during the racing itself.
> 
>  Have you tried to run it with psyco installed?
> 
>  Please try it, if you can, and tell me if you find any improvement.
> 
>  I'll forward your impressions to upstream.

I can't, it's not available for amd64. However, this is on a 2.2 GHz
amd64 with 1 GB of memory, even interpreted it seems to me it's awfully
slow when adding computer players.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
      Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>

[signature.asc (application/pgp-signature, inline)]

Message #20 received at 402388@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Carlos Galisteo de Cabo <cgalisteo@k-rolus.net>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 402388@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#402388: pyracerz: Uses way too much CPU time.

Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:31:12 +0100

tag 402388 pending
forwarded 402388 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1631631&group_id=150018&atid=776495
thanks

Forwarded to upstream.

Thanks for the report.

---
Carlos Galisteo <cgalisteo en k-rolus.net>
http://blog.k-rolus.net
PGP_key::http://k-rolus.net/~cgalisteo/cgalisteo.gpg
Key_Fingerprint::F888 6FBA 9145 B5A2 C187  66D6 5B8C 027A 69AD BE65
---

Message #35 received at 402388@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de>

To: 402388@bugs.debian.org

Subject: pyracerz: Uses way too much CPU time.

Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:53:12 +0200

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

tags 402388 - wontfix
severity 402388 important
thanks


Hi,

at the risk of annoying you again, i would like to raise the awareness
of this bug report (and others). :)

Upstream development is quite dead but this bug still exists. Even on a
modern pc the game consumes 100% cpu time constantly. There are other
games like kraptor or monsterz who suffer from the same problem but
pyracerz is even worse.

In Kraptor you can experience the issue only when you idle in the start
menu or in the "black market shop". Monsterz also uses quite a lot of
cpu time, but it's manageable.

http://bugs.debian.org/701496
http://bugs.debian.org/406913

However pyracerz is the inglorious champion. I can imagine it could even
damage laptops and small devices with passive cooling systems.

What do you think about the issue?

Cheers,

Markus

[signature.asc (application/pgp-signature, attachment)]

Message #44 received at 402388-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de>

To: 402388-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#402388: fixed in pyracerz 0.2-6

Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:04:27 +0000

Source: pyracerz
Source-Version: 0.2-6

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
pyracerz, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 402388@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de> (supplier of updated pyracerz package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256

Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:57:46 +0200
Source: pyracerz
Binary: pyracerz
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.2-6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de>
Description:
 pyracerz   - multiplayer top view 2D racing game
Closes: 402388 683668
Changes:
 pyracerz (0.2-6) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
 .
   [ Markus Koschany ]
   * wrap-and-sort -sa.
   * Use compat level 9 and require debhelper >= 9.
   * Switch to source format 3.0.
     - Drop quilt build-dependency.
     - Drop README.source. Obsolete.
   * debian/control:
     - Remove versioned build-dependencies. They are trivially satisfied.
     - Do not recommend python-psyco anymore. It is no longer available.
     - Remove superfluous ${shlibs:Depends} substvar.
     - Declare compliance with Debian Policy 3.9.5
   * Convert man page to pyracerz.6 manually. Drop docbook-to-man b-d.
   * Install pyracerz.6 with manpages file.
   * Switch to dh sequencer and simplify debian/rules.
   * Add install file.
   * Keep dirs file but create only /usr/games and the missing musics directory.
   * Drop links file. Do not link the executable to /usr/bin.
   * Build with --parallel and with python2 and drop obsolete
     python-support b-d.
   * Update pyracerz.desktop. Add comment in German and keywords.
   * Add longtitle to menu file.
   * Delete game.orig.diff patch. Not applied.
   * Rename all patch extensions to patch.
   * Rename replay.difff.patch to replay.patch.
   * Update debian/copyright to copyright format 1.0.
   * postrm: Use rm -r /var/games/pyracerz on purge and try to remove /var/games
     if it is empty.
   * Add fix-100%-cpu.patch.
     Add idle commands to menu.py and game.py modules to avoid that the game
     consumes 100% cpu time at any time. Comment out insufficient collision
     detection in game.py that also made the game sluggish and unresponsive.
     The collision detection and AI need a complete overhaul anyway.
     (Closes: #402388)
 .
   [ Evgeni Golov ]
   * Correct Vcs-* URLs to point to anonscm.debian.org.
 .
   [ Barry deFreese ]
   * postinst: Create pyracerz.conf file with 664 not 666 permissions.
     (Closes: #683668)
Checksums-Sha1:
 b2f8b9bf706553ee8bafcb13bc96debc41826278 1978 pyracerz_0.2-6.dsc
 b428c4db1fd5d41dd3b646d7f4c3777e558e7508 11400 pyracerz_0.2-6.debian.tar.xz
 d3f7291d6d9f287967709b4485c84615c5d737d2 4662096 pyracerz_0.2-6_all.deb
Checksums-Sha256:
 5bd571e56a27d289a1f67f45df24d1e88f00266dae19999d0c0feb254ceb614e 1978 pyracerz_0.2-6.dsc
 3334477e2e99bda2049fcc74361c3bbd676d831a4bc7bbcb000e8af0dc6a4f54 11400 pyracerz_0.2-6.debian.tar.xz
 0c9f750851e783279721f418bc0e6adb9b62173b2486a4af568cc28e5ea26c4d 4662096 pyracerz_0.2-6_all.deb
Files:
 8d2146e1ccc9b9c1afeb87780dac1517 4662096 games optional pyracerz_0.2-6_all.deb
 a994f0cd91ad3abb54c2bd14b8959eca 1978 games optional pyracerz_0.2-6.dsc
 5a53a755761c536e2230e73152ff1c1b 11400 games optional pyracerz_0.2-6.debian.tar.xz

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1
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=aULV
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Send a report that this bug log contains spam.