I hope I am using the right channel for this request; my apologies if there is a better one.
I would like to suggest that the next sarge patch release contain the patch suggested in debian bug #274390. The bug is a memory leak in glibc; every iconv_open/iconv_close pair leaks 12 bytes when used with some character set pairs (such as UTF-8 to UTF-16BE). In my particular case, I am using software that uses iconv in a PostgreSQL instance which calls this hundreds of millions of times, so this is a serious problem for at least some people. I am aware that patches that are not security related are not usually included in patch releases, but I believe this may be an exception because it is a memory leak in a core part of the system and the patch is simple enough that it is unlikely to cause any unexpected complications. Thank you for your consideration, Brad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
