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From: John Kehayias via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>
To: Csepp <raingloom@riseup.net>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev@jpoiret.xyz>, 64200@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64200: Netsurf very frequently freezes when editing text (Harfbuzz issue?)
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:08:21 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzvwfgn3.fsf@protonmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mt0smpz4.fsf@riseup.net>

Dear Csepp,

On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM, Csepp wrote:

>
> So, I built Netsurf with --with-latest=harfbuzz, which also affected
> GTK+ and a bunch of other packages along the way, and it worked on my
> first attempt, just needed a stronger machine.
> I copied over the resulting Netsurf to my laptop and have been using it
> all day today, it seems to have shooed that bug away.
> (Don't squash bugs, bugs are good for the ecosystem. They are only a
> problem when they get inside your mainframe and cause a short. UwU)
> BTW there was no log when it caused my system to hang.  I had to reboot
> it with sysrq.  Probably a kernel bug?
>
> So it looks like Harfbuzz can be updated without any problem.

Great, that's good to hear and a nontrivial test too! I'll await
comments on this mesa+friends update branch and plan on including the
harfbuzz update there. Stay tuned...

John





  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-22  1:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-21  2:47 bug#64200: Netsurf very frequently freezes when editing text (Harfbuzz issue?) Csepp
2023-06-21  9:08 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-06-21 14:46   ` John Kehayias via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-06-21 22:00     ` Csepp
2023-06-22  1:08       ` John Kehayias via Bug reports for GNU Guix [this message]
2023-06-26  2:16         ` Csepp
2023-06-29 15:06           ` John Kehayias via Bug reports for GNU Guix

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