Hi Dne Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:57:40 -1000 (HST) Ryo Furue <fu...@hawaii.edu> napsal(a):
> Hi Michal,
>
> Thank you for your quick response!
>
> | > Package: geeqie
> | > Version: 1:1.0-7
> | > Severity: grave
> |
> | This is no way a grave bug.
>
> Um, but thrashing is a severe problem. (Sorry I misspelt it
> in my subject line.) No matter what the parameter values are
> in "Preferences", geeqie (or any other application for that
> matter) should not cause thrashing. At the very least, geeqie
> should detect the scarcity of memory and exit before causing
> thrashing.
Well this is problematic:
1. It is hard to detect this situation generally.
2. If it would exit automatically, there would be dozens of bug reports
why does it crash.
Anyway definition for grave is "makes the package in question unusable
by most or all users, or causes data loss, or introduces a security
hole allowing access to the accounts of users who use the package.".
This situation is definitely not affecting most or all users and also
does not cause data loss nor introduce security hole.
> | If you have limited memory resources, please decrease decoded
> | image cache in preferences. I'm sure it will help you.
>
> Thanks! A quick test suggests that that solves the problem.
>
> | However the default could be a bit lower for systems which do
> | not have much memory.
>
> To avoid thrashing no matter what the default value is, the
> cache size may better be determined dynamically unless the
> user explicitly overrides it.
Yes, that's basically what I filed in upstream bugzilla. Feel free to
add your comments there.
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Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
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