call_timing files created for every request

[dread]

On a production server we produce literally millions of little files saying how long every single request took to process.

They are here:

hmg.ckan.net.2/pylonsdata/call_timing

They were added by ckan/lib/base.py in cset:da438a9085d3.

I don't believe anyone uses these stats.

[wwaites]

This is for HMG to prove to them that requests are being serviced in a timely manner

• move this functionality to a plugin
• make it use rrdtool instead of lots of itty bitty files

[wwaites]

actually, this is a configuration variable ckan.enable_call_timing

cleaned up the code a bit, make sure this variable unset or set to false or no and there should be no millions of files

as it is unclear if this is actually used or necessary, not doing the rrdtool part just yet. if there is call for it, make a new ticket for this.

[rgrp]

Just want to agree with wwaites assessment here. dubious this code is currently useful as a) not used b) (more importantly) probably better ways to achieve this functionality.