On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Douglas R. Reno wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Ken Moffat <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 12:55:01PM -0600, DJ Lucas wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 06:56:08PM +0100, Pierre Labastie wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>> > OK, I think I found the culprit: went back to ICU-57.1, compiled FF >>>>> against it, and no segfaults for about one hour... >>>>> >>>>> I'll try to find where the ICU API changed. >>>>> Pierre >>>>> >>>> >>>> All over the place, 58 has not been pretty for many packages. >>>> This might be a good start: >>>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299615 >>>> >>> > For the overall changes, >>> http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu/tags/release-58- >>> 1/APIChangeReport.html >>> >>> But like DJ says, it ain't pretty. The page linking to that, >>> http://site.icu-project.org/download/58#TOC-Common-Changes >>> summariese these as >>> >>> API Changes since ICU4C 57 >>> >>> · The API change report looks large and noisy this time. Most of >>> the changes are from the following: >>> · The layout engine code was removed, resulting in a long list >>> of Removed API. >>> · C++ APIs that used const StringPiece& now pass/return >>> StringPiece by value. All affected functions show as being >>> Removed with their old signature and as Added with their new >>> signature. (#12140) >>> · Most COUNT and LIMIT enum constants have been deprecated. (#12420) >>> >> > I'm rebuilding Firefox, Seamonkey, and Thunderbird with ICU-57.1 as we >> speak. Probably about 6 hours until I have any news. >> >> If this fixes it, do we need to revert to 57.1? >> > > I would say yes, the revert is needed. We need to keep an eye on it > though. If it bothers enough upstream upstream developers, then thy will > probably create some compatibility functions. > > Usually in this situation though. old APIs are marked deprecated for a > while (years) before they are removed. > > -- Bruce > > > Confirmed that Firefox, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey all work with ICU-57.1. Final permission to revert to 57.1?
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