Clint: you can see the details of the commits on http://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/log/?h=glib-2-32
summary of the .news: * GApplication: can now have a NULL application ID * g_clear_object: fix warnings when using it on C++ (due to lack of ability to implicitly cast void*) * GDBus: - add our own implementation of the message bus for use on Windows only - fix up a few bugs that use of this bus uncovered in GDBus - escape nonce files in dbus addressess (think 'c:\') - support initial underscores in dbus codegen namespace (for private) * Fix misdetection of GNUstep as Cocoa (for the MacOS GSettings backend) * make sure configure fails if AC_CHECK_ALIGNOF cannot detect the alignment * GAppInfo: overwrite the DISPLAY only if it is set in the launch context * glib/tests/date: force US locale running the GDateTime tests * GSocketControlMessage: Don't warn about unknown messages * Resources: - fix broken use of GVDB on big endian machines - set a 'display name' so that pretty file names appear in Gtk CSS warning messages * GMainContext: - block child sources when blocking the parent - introduce more testcases for child sources * Bug fixed: 619026 avoid warning in gutils.h when using gcc with -Wconversion 669260 Open/Save dialog hangs waiting for data with libsoup 671249 GApplication: Allow a null application_id? 672786 goa-daemon: action in notification doesn't work 673409 g_resource_lookup_data may return stale data pointer 674172 glib-2.32.1 misdetects GNUstep as Cocoa 674345 cssprovider: Make sure to print out file name in css warnings 674483 broken configure results when cross-compiling with gcc >= 4.5 * Bug fixes: Correct a typo in the ELF configure check Reset LIBS after the ELF configure check Fix GIO/GObject Visual C++ projects gio: fix error handling in async case of GProxy... GConverterInputStream: fix an infinite loop... * Translation updates ------ The new version is shipped in Debian testing and fedora, a big part of the diff is the dbus server added for win32 (it's not used on linux) Testing ... there is nothing specific to test out of the fact that the desktop keeps running normally -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998521 Title: whoopsie process is leaking memory Status in Whoopsie Daisy: Fix Released Status in “glib2.0” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in “whoopsie-daisy” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “glib2.0” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “whoopsie-daisy” source package in Precise: Confirmed Status in “glib2.0” source package in Quantal: Fix Committed Status in “whoopsie-daisy” source package in Quantal: Confirmed Bug description: Impact: stable update from the upstream serie including a fix for a leak affecting the default Ubuntu bug reporting tool (whoopsie) Development Fix: the fix is in upstream glib git and will be in q with the next update Stable Fix: the fix is a one liner, the new version has some extra changes Test Case: watch the whoopsie memory usage over time, it should be stable Regression Potential: it's glib, the update should be carefully tested I have a 12.04 server running for 7 days and today I noticed some things started to be swapped out. top shows: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 1975 whoopsie 20 0 2649m 1.4g 484 S 0 18.5 14:05.67 whoopsie with 1.4g residential memory. There were 2 crashed applications, facter with .crash file is 2.8Mb and landscape-sysinfo of 17K so it does not look like it is related. I will keep the process running in case i can provide more information and will monitor the process to see whether it is leaking memory. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: whoopsie 0.1.32 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CrashReports: 640:0:111:17379:2012-05-05 10:59:39.677061820 +0300:2012-05-05 10:59:39.673061820 +0300:/var/crash/_usr_bin_landscape-sysinfo.0.crash 640:0:111:2838166:2012-05-07 00:54:24.435092602 +0300:2012-05-07 00:54:19.759092709 +0300:/var/crash/_usr_bin_facter.0.crash Date: Sat May 12 21:41:18 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424.1) SourcePackage: whoopsie-daisy UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/whoopsie-daisy/+bug/998521/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
