spot: Build an optimised binary, to drop CPU usage: 70% -> 10%

xou816/spot#131 reports that this dropped ~30-40% to 5-10% on an i7-7700. On my Pinephone, it dropped 70% to 10%.
tomfitzhenry · Sep 18, 2021 · 3db4181 · 3db4181
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diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/spot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/spot/default.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libpulseaudio
   ];
 
+  # Per https://github.com/xou816/spot/blob/2a591febcfa4b9690ea166097392d2a327cd0c60/README.md#L111 .
+  mesonBuildType = "release";
+
   postPatch = ''
     chmod +x build-aux/cargo.sh
     patchShebangs build-aux/cargo.sh build-aux/meson/postinstall.py