On Sep 4, 2013, at 12:42 AM, Paul DeBruicker <pdebr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/03/2013 12:25 PM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: >> If you do not give us more information we will never be able to fix it. >> And may be 3.0 will still have the problem and you will start using system >> that is 3 year old. >> I can understand that you get in a situation where you cannot do otherwise >> but do not expect >> us to fix magically things. >> >> Stef > > > Hi Stef, > > For reporting the RFB issue I made a thread > (http://forum.world.st/How-do-diagnose-image-locks-up-cpu-100-on-save-td4704639.html) > and uploaded a Pharo 2 image to dropbox where if you execute this code: > > > RFBServer start > Smalltalk snapshot: true andQuit: false > > > The image locks up using the 'pharo' VM and works fine using eliots vm. > The uploaded image is Pharo-20619 with only RFB loaded. I will check this (after SUG) > > > > > The other problem I had with Pharo 2 is the ever growing image size I > reported here: > > http://forum.world.st/development-image-memory-use-180MB-in-Pharo-2-vs-40MB-in-Pharo-1-4-tp4699207.html > > I understand this is due to some leaks involving morphs and announcers > and things that are fixed in pharo 3 but not pharo 2. > > I have not gotten the impression that that fix will be backported, and > even if it will it hasn't been yet so because of that and the RFB issue > above I can't use Pharo 2 right now. this is weird, because is the first time I see a report (well, I saw the other thread too) about this. and Pharo2 is productive since more than 8 months now (and I have some production stuff on it)... and I never seen it. This is likely not for the same reasons as pharo3 leaks (which btw are just partially solved, the leaks are still there). I would like to have that image to take a look, if possible, because is super-weird. Esteban ps: I would also like to know about other cases of this problem. > > > Hope this helps and thanks for following up > > > Paul >