this generates just too much data

lib/misc/safe_signals.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import logging
 from django.dispatch.dispatcher import Signal, _make_id
 from django.conf import settings
 
-from django_statsd.clients import statsd
 
 log = logging.getLogger('signals')
 
@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@ def safe_send(self, sender, **named):
     # Return a list of tuple pairs [(receiver, response), ... ].
     for receiver in self._live_receivers(_make_id(sender)):
         try:
-            with statsd.timer('signal.send'):
-                response = receiver(signal=self, sender=sender, **named)
+            response = receiver(signal=self, sender=sender, **named)
         except Exception, err:
             if do_raise:
                 raise