From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Francesco =?UTF-8?Q?Potort=C3=AC?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#26952: 25.1; loops eating all memory while yanking big rectangle Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 18:41:20 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87zie8gyu4.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <83h90fq269.fsf@gnu.org> <87vaovh1db.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <8360gvpfxr.fsf@gnu.org> <87shjzgwgk.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <83y3tqnsab.fsf@gnu.org> <83lgpqng0i.fsf@gnu.org> <83inkto7yz.fsf@gnu.org> <83lgplkm64.fsf@gnu.org> <4dacb636-0cae-9cb6-8491-2630e763d956@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1495731775 426 195.159.176.226 (25 May 2017 17:02:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 17:02:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: John Wiegley , npostavs@users.sourceforge.net, 26952@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 25 19:02:50 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dDw9x-0008O5-O4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 May 2017 19:02:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32851 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dDwA1-0003Y8-GK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 May 2017 13:02:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54902) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dDvpu-00055z-Lf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2017 12:42:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dDvpq-0007bj-Pj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2017 12:42:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:35230) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dDvpq-0007bO-Lu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2017 12:42:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dDvpq-00061f-9d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2017 12:42:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Francesco =?UTF-8?Q?Potort=C3=AC?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:42:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 26952 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 26952-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B26952.149573048623110 (code B ref 26952); Thu, 25 May 2017 16:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 26952) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 May 2017 16:41:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37902 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dDvpG-00060f-Io for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2017 12:41:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mx-all.isti.cnr.it ([194.119.192.3]:26297 helo=blade3.isti.cnr.it) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dDvpE-00060U-5x for 26952@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2017 12:41:25 -0400 Original-Received: from tucano.isti.cnr.it ([146.48.81.102]) by mx-all.isti.cnr.it (PMDF V6.5-x6 #1609) with ESMTPSA id <01QERNO44062CZ8JCI@mx-all.isti.cnr.it> for 26952@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 May 2017 18:39:57 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from pot by tucano.isti.cnr.it with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dDvpA-0007ZV-FA; Thu, 25 May 2017 18:41:20 +0200 In-reply-to: <4dacb636-0cae-9cb6-8491-2630e763d956@cs.ucla.edu> X-INSM-ip-source: 146.48.81.102 Auth Done X-fingerprint: 4B02 6187 5C03 D6B1 2E31 7666 09DF 2DC9 BE21 6115 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:132843 Archived-At: Paul Eggert: >I think 26.1 is a better way to go here, even if we have to wait six >months for it. Users have already been living with this bug since 25.1's >release eight months ago, and they can wait a few months more. > >We can publish 26.1 earlier if we don't run it through our leisurely six >month test period. It would not be tested as well as 25.1 was, but the >same would be true for any 25.3 release, as its changes are not likely >to be trivial to develop. We could warn users that 26.1 is more >experimental than 25.1 was, so that users not seriously affected by >Bug#26952 (i.e., most users) could stick with Emacs 25 if they want to >be conservative. It's sad. Until Emacs 22, I could tell my colleagues that Emacs would never ever crash in practical situations. I upgraded my old Emacs 22 only recently, because of rmail changes, and I find it much less stable than I was used to :( Sorry that I am not able to help.