i grabbed the main feed. it took ~10s to build.
i hit it again, ~6s.
on multiple subsequent hits, average was around 7s.
2007-08-17 16:29:28,036 INFO TimerInterceptor(PLoSONE)> Executed action [/article/feed/getFeed!execute] took 10014 ms. [TP-Processor1 com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.TimerInterceptor]
2007-08-17 16:29:41,023 INFO TimerInterceptor(PLoSONE)> Executed action [/article/feed/getFeed!execute] took 6175 ms. [TP-Processor3 com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.TimerInterceptor]
i grabbed a category feed, it took ~7secs to build
i hit it again, 86ms
on multiple subsequent hits, average was around ~85ms
2007-08-17 16:44:54,008 INFO TimerInterceptor(PLoSONE)> Executed action [/article/feed/getFeed!execute] took 7794 ms. [TP-Processor5 com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.TimerInterceptor]
2007-08-17 16:45:15,015 INFO TimerInterceptor(PLoSONE)> Executed action [/article/feed/getFeed!execute] took 86 ms. [TP-Processor7 com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.TimerInterceptor]
so it looks like the category feeds are being cached, but not the main feed...