(Oops, I suck at reply-all in gmail, apparently.) Eero Tamminen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Just noticed that "Personal launcher" applet (latest v0.6-4 in extras) >>> leaks like mad and updates the screen uselessly at high frequency. >>> >>> Because it's an applet within the Desktop process which allocations are >>> guaranteed, it will cause device to run out of memory very soon. Result >>> is that other applications start aborting and device will slow down to >>> crawl. Constant screen updates (even when screen is blanked) drain >>> the battery. >>> >>> Could this be kicked out of extras so that people don't "launch" their >>> devices to oblivion? >> >> I guess it would be preferable, if possible in a timely manner, for it >> to be kicked out by an updated version that doesn't misbehave > > It's leaking 8MB/min, updates screen constantly even when screen is > blanked and crashes desktop when disabled. Project with this bad QA > should IMHO just be kicked out of extras.
8MB/min *blink*?! That's ...not that many minutes :) > (Personally I'd like there to be some kind of quick testing before > things get into extras.) > >> -- but I >> don't see a bugreport on the issue in the project's garage (alas) >> tracker. *nudge* > > I didn't try this myself and I'm not using it myself so I couldn't > verify the fix. fwiw, I don't think reporter-verifiability is enough of a concern here to not file bugs -- people finding out about issues seems more important. (provided your source is good enough for confident reporting, which it must be, given this thread) 't. _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
