id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	platform_version	platform	must_fix	status_info
1978	QGIS take ages to open big shapefiles	lutra	nobody	"Hi,

I noticed that while trying open a quite big shapefile

http://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/spatial/mammals/cetartiodactyla_v1223400057.zip

Qgis freezes, or at least do not give sign of life for a long time. The same shapefile on other software (ex. gvsig) opens in a matter of seconds.

Using QGIS trunk (compiled today) under Ubuntu 9.04

The same behaviour was reported by others with other big shapefiles."	bug	new	major: does not work as expected	Version 1.7.0	Data Provider	Trunk			pcav		All	No	0